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Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840 
AphiaID: 123200

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Chilophiurina (Infraorder)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Typetaxon Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Chilophiurina
Synonymised
taxa
  Ophiolepidae Ljungman, 1867 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS[details]

status source: Melville, R.V. (1980). Opinion 1152. Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 and Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Ophiuroidea): ruling on application of these names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 37(2): 78-80. [details]

from synonym: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Swedish fransormstjärnor  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Ophiochytra Lyman, 1880
Subfamily Ophioleucinae Matsumoto, 1915
  » Genus Ophiernus Lyman, 1878
» Genus Ophioleuce Koehler, 1904
» Genus Ophiopallas Koehler, 1904
» Genus Ophiopyren Lyman, 1878
» Genus Ophiostriatus Madsen, 1983
» Genus Ophiocirce Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophioleuce Koehler, 1904
» Genus Ophiocircus accepted as Ophioleuce Koehler, 1904
Subfamily Ophiurinae Lyman, 1865
  » Genus Abyssura Belyaev & Litivinova, 1976
» Genus Amphiophiura Matsumoto, 1915
» Genus Anthophiura H.L. Clark, 1911
» Genus Astrophiura Sladen, 1879
» Genus Bathylepta Belyaev & Litvinova, 1972
» Genus Euvondrea Fell, 1961
» Genus Gymnophiura Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
» Genus Haplophiura Matsumoto, 1915
» Genus Ophiambix Lyman, 1880
» Genus Ophiochalcis Koehler, 1930
» Genus Ophiochrysis Koehler, 1904
» Genus Ophiocrossota H.L. Clark, 1928
» Genus Ophiocten Lütken, 1855
» Genus Ophioctenella Tyler, Paterson, Sibuet, Guille, Murton & Segonzac, 1995
» Genus Ophiogona Studer, 1876
» Genus Ophiolebella Mortensen, 1936
» Genus Ophiomages Koehler, 1922
» Genus Ophiomastus Lyman, 1878
» Genus Ophiomisidium Koehler, 1914
» Genus Ophionotus Bell, 1902
» Genus Ophiopenia H.L.Clark, 1911
» Genus Ophioperla Koehler, 1912
» Genus Ophiophycis Koehler, 1901
» Genus Ophiophyllum Lyman, 1878
» Genus Ophiopleura Duncan, 1878
» Genus Ophioplinthus Lyman, 1878
» Genus Ophiopyrgus Lyman, 1878
» Genus Ophiosparte Koehler, 1922
» Genus Ophiosteira Bell, 1902
» Genus Ophioteichus H.L. Clark, 1938
» Genus Ophiotjalfa Mortensen, 1913
» Genus Ophiotypa Koehler, 1897
» Genus Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
» Genus Ophiuraster H.L. Clark, 1939
» Genus Perlophiura Belyaev & Litvinova, 1972
» Genus Spinophiura Stöhr & Segonzac, 2006
» Genus Stegophiura Matsumoto, 1915
» Genus Uriopha Paterson, 1980
» Genus Ophiopyrgoides H.L. Clark, 1939 (nomen dubium, unclear status)
» Genus Dictenophiura H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Ophiura (Dictenophiura) H.L. Clark, 1923
» Genus Homalophiura H.L. Clark, 1915 accepted as Ophioplinthus Lyman, 1878
» Genus Homophiura Paterson, 1985 accepted as Ophioplinthus Lyman, 1878
» Genus Luetkenia Duncan, 1878 accepted as Ophiopleura Duncan, 1878
» Genus Lütkenia Duncan, 1878, non Claus, 1864, nec Steindachner, 1877, nec Brock, 1888 accepted as Ophiopleura Duncan, 1878
» Genus Ophioceramis Lyman, 1865 accepted as Ophioplocus Lyman, 1862
» Genus Ophiochorus H.L. Clark, 1939 accepted as Anthophiura H.L. Clark, 1911
» Genus Ophiocrates Koehler, 1904 accepted as Bathypectinura H.L. Clark, 1909
» Genus Ophioelegans James, 1981 accepted as Ophiolepis Müller & Troschel, 1840
» Genus Ophioglypha Lyman, 1860 accepted as Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
» Genus Ophioglyphina Ludwig, 1886 accepted as Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
» Genus Ophioglypina Ludwig, 1886 accepted as Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
» Genus Ophiotylos Murakami, 1943 accepted as Ophiozonoida H.L. Clark, 1915
» Genus Ophiozea A.H. Clark, 1920 accepted as Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
» Genus Ophiuroglypha Hertz, 1927 accepted as Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) Hertz, 1927
» Genus Ophiurolepis Matsumoto, 1915 accepted as Ophioplinthus Lyman, 1878
» Genus Sinophiura Liao, 1983 accepted as Amphilimna Verrill, 1899
» Genus Theodoria Fell, 1961 accepted as Ophioplinthus Lyman, 1878

Subfamily Ophiomastinae Matsumoto, 1915 accepted as Ophiurinae Lyman, 1865
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Description: Arms projecting from and well-fused to the edge of the disc; arm spines short. Disc covered in naked scales. Richmond 1997 <282>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123200
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2005-03-31 08:47:45Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2005-12-30 14:07:12Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-03-07 15:52:10Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
2007-07-12 08:44:07Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
2007-10-03 10:45:15Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
2008-10-08 14:58:54Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
2009-04-01 08:13:38Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiuridae. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123200 on 2013-05-23
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