Ophiectodia

Ophiectodia enopla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiectodia
Species (4): O. enopla – O. imago – O. melvillei – O. opulenta

Name

Ophiectodia Verrill, 1899

• Type species: Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1899, by subsequent designation by O’Hara & Thuy (2025: 40).

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) Verrill, 1899: 42.
  • ZooBank: B628DE16-7E4A-4C2A-B682-1AE201A22C81
• Ophiectodia Verrill, 1899; — O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 40.

References

• 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. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1899b. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 5(1): 1-86; plates I-VIII. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiectodia Verrill, 1899 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 17, 2026

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