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Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1835 
AphiaID: 123592

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Ophiocominae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Ophiocoma echinata (Lamarck, 1816)
Typetaxon of  Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867
Parent Ophiocominae
Sources  basis of record: 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]

additional source: Sloan, N.A., A.M. Clark & J.D. Taylor (1979). The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 37 (2): 81- 128. [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

status source: Devaney, D.M. (1970). Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a re-evaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. Smithson. Contr. Zool. 51: 1-41. [details]

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 Species Ophiocoma aegyptiaca Soliman, 1991
Species Ophiocoma aethiops Lütken, 1859
Species Ophiocoma alexandri Lyman, 1860
Species Ophiocoma anaglyptica Ely, 1944
Species Ophiocoma brevipes Peters, 1851
Species Ophiocoma cynthiae Benavides-Serrato & O'Hara, 2008
Species Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma doederleini de Loriol, 1899
Species Ophiocoma echinata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiocoma endeani Rowe & Pawson, 1977
Species Ophiocoma erinaceus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma longispina H.L. Clark, 1917
Species Ophiocoma macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915)
Species Ophiocoma occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1938
Species Ophiocoma paucigranulata Devaney, 1974
Species Ophiocoma pica Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma pumila Lütken, 1856
Species Ophiocoma pusilla (Brock, 1888)
Species Ophiocoma schoenleinii Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiocoma valenciae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma wendtii Müller & Troschel, 1842

Species Ophiocoma squamata (Lamarck, 1816) (nomen dubium, synonym of Ophiura squamata, but real status unknown)

Species Ophiocoma alternans von Martens, 1870 accepted as Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiocoma alternans Endean, 1964 accepted as Ophiocoma endeani Rowe & Pawson, 1977
Species Ophiocoma arctica Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
Species Ophiocoma balli W. Thomson, 1840 accepted as Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840)
Species Ophiocoma bellis ?Forbes, 1839 accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Ophiocoma bidentata Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
Species Ophiocoma bollonsi Farquhar, 1908 accepted as Clarkcoma bollonsi (Farquhar, 1908)
Species Ophiocoma brachiata Forbes, 1841 accepted as Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804)
Species Ophiocoma brevispinosa Smith, 1876 accepted as Ophiocoma brevipes Peters, 1851
Species Ophiocoma canaliculata Lütken, 1869 accepted as Clarkcoma canaliculata (Lütken, 1869)
Species Ophiocoma crassispina (Say, 1825) accepted as Ophiocoma echinata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiocoma delicata H.L. Clark, 1932 accepted as Ophiarachna delicata (H.L. Clark, 1932)
Species Ophiocoma didelphys Wyville Thomson, 1876 accepted as Ophiacantha vivipara Ljungman, 1870
Species Ophiocoma echinulata Forbes, 1852 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
Species Ophiocoma filiformis accepted as Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Ophiocoma goodsiri Forbes, 1840 accepted as Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840)
Species Ophiocoma granulata Forbes, 1839 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Species Ophiocoma insularia Lyman, 1862 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma isocantha (Say, 1825) accepted as Ophiostigma isocanthum (Say, 1825)
Species Ophiocoma latilanxa Murakami, 1943 accepted as Ophiocoma pusilla (Brock, 1888)
Species Ophiocoma lineolata Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiocoma pica Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma lubrica Koehler, 1898 accepted as Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiocoma marmorata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma minuta Forbes, 1839 accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Species Ophiocoma molaris Lyman, 1862 accepted as Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiocoma nigru (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789) accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Species Ophiocoma nilssoni Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Species Ophiocoma ocellata v. Martens, 1867 accepted as Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiocoma papillosa Lyman, 1875 accepted as Ophiopteris papillosa (Lyman, 1875)
Species Ophiocoma parva H.L. Clark, 1915 accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
Species Ophiocoma picta Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarthrum pictum (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Ophiocoma pulchra H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Clarkcoma canaliculata (Lütken, 1869)
Species Ophiocoma punctata Koehler, 1930 accepted as Clarkcoma canaliculata (Lütken, 1869)
Species Ophiocoma punctata Forbes, 1841 accepted as Paramphiura punctata (Forbes, 1841)
Species Ophiocoma raschi G.O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Species Ophiocoma riisei Lütken, 1856 accepted as Ophiocoma wendtii Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma rosula Forbes, 1839 accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Species Ophiocoma sannio Lyman, 1861 accepted as Ophiocoma pica Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma schoenleini Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiocoma schoenleinii Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma similanensis Bussarawit & Rowe, 1985 accepted as Ophiocoma erinaceus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma tartarea Lyman, 1862 accepted as Ophiocoma erinaceus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma ternispina von Martens, 1870 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma tumida Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiocoma echinata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiocoma variabilis Grube, 1857 accepted as Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiocoma variegata E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Ophiocoma wendti Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiocoma wendtii Müller & Troschel, 1842
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type speciesOphiura echinata Lamarck, 1816 by subsequent designation, see Clark, H.L. (1915) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). In family Ophiuridae in Ludwig (1899). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123592
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2008-10-15 08:22:19Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1835. 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=123592 on 2013-05-21
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