Ophiopyrgus liberata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Ophiopyrgus
Species: Ophiopyrgus liberata

Name

Ophiopyrgus liberata (Koehler, 1904)

• Original combination: Ophioglypha liberata Koehler, 1904

Synonymy

• Ophioglypha liberata Koehler, 1904: 46, pl. 7(7–9).
• Amphiophiura liberata (Koehler, 1904) Matsumoto, 1915: 77; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 315.
• Ophiopyrgus liberata (Koehler, 1904) O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 24.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1904. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 1. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga Expeditie. E.J. Brill, Leiden. XLV: 1-176, 36 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiopyrgus liberata (Koehler, 1904) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 04, 2026