Ophiura is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophiuridae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiurida |
| Family: | Ophiuridae |
| Genus: | Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 |
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The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]
Taxonomy
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The following extant species are known:[2]
- Ophiura acervata (Lyman, 1869)
- Ophiura aequalis (Lyman, 1878)
- Ophiura albata (Lyman, 1878)
- Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839
- Ophiura amphitrites (Bell, 1888)
- Ophiura annulata Quenstedt, 1876
- Ophiura anoidea H.L.Clark, 1923
- Ophiura atacta H.L.Clark, 1911
- Ophiura bathybia H.L.Clark, 1911
- Ophiura caledonica (Koehler, 1907)
- Ophiura calyptolepis H.L.Clark, 1911
- Ophiura carnea Lütken, 1858
- Ophiura carpelloides Rasmussen, 1972
- Ophiura clemens (Koehler, 1904)
- Ophiura crassa Mortensen, 1936
- Ophiura cryptolepis H.L.Clark, 1911
- Ophiura ctenophora (H.L.Clark, 1909)
- Ophiura cunliffei (Forbes, 1846)
- Ophiura elongata Say, 1825
- Ophiura estarensis Barbier, Debelmas & Latreille, 1957
- Ophiura falcifera (Lyman, 1869)
- Ophiura fallax Cherbonnier, 1959
- Ophiura figurata
- Ophiura flagellata (Lyman, 1878)
- Ophiura flexibilis (Koehler, 1911)
- Ophiura floscellata Hertz, 1926
- Ophiura fluctuans Koehler, 1922
- Ophiura fraterna (Lyman, 1878)
- Ophiura gagara Djakonov, 1949
- Ophiura grubei Heller, 1863
- Ophiura imbecillis (Lyman, 1878)
- Ophiura imprudens (Koehler, 1906)
- Ophiura indica (Brock, 1888)
- Ophiura innoxia (Koehler, 1906)
- Ophiura integra
- Ophiura kofoidi McClendon, 1909
- Ophiura koreni Jarshinsky
- Ophiura kunradeca Berry, 1938
- Ophiura kurilensis Baranova
- Ophiura lanceolata H.L.Clark, 1939
- Ophiura lenticularis (Koehler, 1908)
- Ophiura leptoctenia H.L.Clark, 1911
- Ophiura lienosa (Lyman, 1878)
- Ophiura ljungmani (Lyman, 1878)
- Ophiura luetkenii (Lyman, 1860)
- Ophiura lutkeni (Lyman, 1860)
- Ophiura maculata (Ludwig, 1886)
- Ophiura micracantha H.L.Clark, 1911
- Ophiura migrans
- Ophiura mimaria (Koehler, 1908)
- Ophiura minuta Risso, 1826
- Ophiura mitescens Koehler, 1922
- Ophiura monostoecha H.L.Clark, 1911
- Ophiura mundata (Koehler, 1906)
- Ophiura nana (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
- Ophiura neglecta Johnston, 1935
- Ophiura nitida Mortensen, 1933
- Ophiura olifex Quenstedt, 1876
- Ophiura ooplax (H.L.Clark, 1911)
- Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ophiura palliata (Lyman, 1878)
- Ophiura paucisquama Matsumoto, 1917
- Ophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003
- Ophiura podica (Koehler, 1910)
- Ophiura prisca Goldfuss, 1833
- Ophiura pteracantha Liao, 1982
- Ophiura quadrispina H.L.Clark, 1911
- Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852)
- Ophiura rondeletii Risso, 1826
- Ophiura rouchi (Koehler, 1912)
- Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
- Ophiura saurura (Verrill, 1894)
- Ophiura scutellata (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
- Ophiura scutulata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
- Ophiura spinicantha McKnight, 2003
- Ophiura squamosa Baker, 1979
- Ophiura stellata (Studer, 1882)
- Ophiura stenobrachia H.L.Clark, 1917
- Ophiura tenera (Lyman, 1883)
- Ophiura tenorii (Delle Chiaje, 1825)
- Ophiura trimeni Bell, 1905
- Ophiura umitakamaruae Seno & Irimura, 1968
- Ophiura undulata (Lyman, 1878)
- Ophiura ventrocarinata Quenstedt, 1876
- Ophiura verrucosa (Studer, 1876)
- Ophiura violainae (Cherbonnier & Sibuet, 1972)
- Ophiura zebra Djakonov, 1954
Fossil species
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The following definitive fossil species are known. The genus dates back to at least the Early Paleocene with O. achatae:[1]
- Ophiura achatae Rasmussen, 1972
- Ophiura bartonensis Rasmussen, 1972
- Ophiura bognoriensis Rasmussen, 1972
- Ophiura costata Rasmussen, 1972
- Ophiura furiae Rasmussen, 1972
- Ophiura hendleri Blake & Aronson, 1998
- Ophiura marylandica Berry, 1934
- Ophiura paucilepis Stöhr, Jagt & Klompmaker, 2011
- Ophiura pohangensis Ishida et al., 2022[1]
- ?Ophiura sternbergica Kutscher, 1981
- Ophiura wetherelli (Forbes, 1852)
Former fossil species
editThe following species, dating back to the Early Jurassic, were originally placed in Ophiura but are now thought to belong to a different subdivision, or are at least known to not actually belong to the genus:[1]
- Ophiura astonensis Hess, 1964
- Ophiura bridgerensis (Meek, 1873)
- Ophiura cretacea Guéranger, 1853[3]
- Ophiura graysonensis (Alexander, 1931)
- Ophiura davisi Rasmussen, 1972
- Ophiura parviformis Küpper, 1954
- Ophiura straini Cornell, Lemone & Norland, 1991
- Ophiura texana (Clark, 1893)
- Ophiura tinurtiensis Valette, 1929
- Ophiura travisana Berry, 1941
- Ophiura utahensis (Clark & Twitchell, 1915)
- Ophiura vindobonensis Küpper, 1954
References
edit- ^ a b c d Ishida, Yoshiaki; Thuy, Ben; Nam, Gi-Soo; Martynov, Alexander; Fujita, Toshihiko; Kim, Jong-Heon (2022-01-01). "A New Species of Ophiura (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from Miocene Deep-Sea Deposits in the Pohang Basin, Korea". Paleontological Research. 26 (1). doi:10.2517/PR200002. ISSN 1342-8144.
- ^ a b c "Ophiura Lamarck, 1801". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-02-10.