Ophiuroidea taxon details
Ophiopristis Verrill, 1899
146130 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146130)
accepted
Genus
Ophiacantha (Ophiopristis) Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (raised to genus level by Paterson...)
raised to genus level by Paterson (1985)
- Species Ophiopristis axiologus H.L. Clark, 1909
- Species Ophiopristis dissidens (Koehler, 1905)
- Species Ophiopristis ensifera Verrill, 1899
- Species Ophiopristis gadensis Rodrigues, Paterson, Cabrinovic & Cunha, 2011
- Species Ophiopristis hirsuta (Lyman, 1875)
- Species Ophiopristis luctosa (Koehler, 1904)
- Species Ophiopristis mitsuii Murakami, 1942
- Species Ophiopristis procera (Koehler, 1904)
- Species Ophiopristis shenhaiyongshii Nethupul, Stöhr & Zhang, 2022
- Species Ophiopristis vestita (Koehler, 1897)
- Subgenus Ophiopristis (Ophiotreta) Verrill, 1899 accepted as Ophiotreta Verrill, 1899 (raised to genus level)
- Species Ophiopristis permixta (Koehler, 1914) accepted as Ophioprium permixta (Koehler, 1914) (synonym)
- Species Ophiopristis sertata (Lyman, 1869) accepted as Ophiotreta sertata (Lyman, 1869) (Ophiotpristis was valid when Ophiotreta was a subgenus of it, then Ophiotreta became a valid genus and this combination invalid)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1899). Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. <em>Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa.</em> 5(1), 1-86. [details]
Taxonomy The genus had been rejected by Clark (1911, 1915) as a synonym of Ophiacantha, considered as subgenus of Ophiacantha by...
Taxonomy The genus had been rejected by Clark (1911, 1915) as a synonym of Ophiacantha, considered as subgenus of Ophiacantha by Koehler (1914) raised to genus by Paterson (1985). For further comments see also O'Hara & Stöhr (2006). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopristis Verrill, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146130 on 2025-07-17
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Verrill, A. E. (1899). Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. <em>Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa.</em> 5(1), 1-86. [details]
taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416
page(s): 13 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source O'Hara, T.; Stöhr, S. (2006). Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. <em>In: Richer de Forges, B. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 193: 33-141., available online at http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18965845 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Koehler, R. (1914). A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 84: 1-173, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7907416 [details]
source of synonymy Clark, H. L. (1911). North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 75: 1-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7866026 [details]
source of synonymy Clark, H. L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32500336
page(s): 199 [details]
redescription Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2273511 [details]
taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416
page(s): 13 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source O'Hara, T.; Stöhr, S. (2006). Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. <em>In: Richer de Forges, B. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 193: 33-141., available online at http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18965845 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Koehler, R. (1914). A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 84: 1-173, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7907416 [details]
source of synonymy Clark, H. L. (1911). North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 75: 1-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7866026 [details]
source of synonymy Clark, H. L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32500336
page(s): 199 [details]
redescription Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2273511 [details]
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Taxonomy The genus had been rejected by Clark (1911, 1915) as a synonym of Ophiacantha, considered as subgenus of Ophiacantha by Koehler (1914) raised to genus by Paterson (1985). For further comments see also O'Hara & Stöhr (2006). [details]
