Ophiactis
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Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Ophiactidae
Genus: Ophiactis
Species (50):
O. abyssicola –
O. affinis –
O. algicola –
O. amator –
O. asperula –
O. balli –
O. brachyaspis –
O. brachygenys –
O. brachyura –
O. brasiliensis –
O. brevis –
O. canotia –
O. carnea –
O. crosnieri –
O. delagoa –
O. dyscrita –
O. flexuosa –
O. fuscolineata –
O. gymnochora –
O. hemiteles –
O. hexacantha –
O. hirta –
O. kroeyeri –
O. lethe –
O. ljungmani –
O. loricata –
O. luetkeni –
O. luteomaculata –
O. lymani –
O. macrolepidota –
O. modesta –
O. muelleri –
O. nama –
O. nidarosiensis –
O. notabilis –
O. perplexa –
O. picteti –
O. plana –
O. profundi –
O. quadrispina –
O. quinqueradia –
O. resiliens –
O. rubropoda –
O. savignyi –
O. seminuda –
O. simplex –
O. spinulifera –
O. tricolor –
O. tyleri –
O. virens
- Transferred to other genera (12):
O. canescens –
O. clavigera –
O. dissidens –
O. duplicata –
O. flexulosa –
O. humilis –
O. kroyeri –
O. lorioli –
O. lycidas –
O. patula –
O. pectorale –
O. proposita
- In synonymy (35):
O. acosmeta –
O. africana –
O. arenosa –
O. brocki –
O. capensis –
O. conferta –
O. corallicola –
O. cuspidata –
O. cyanosticta –
O. definita –
O. delicata –
O. dispar –
O. echinata –
O. fragilis –
O. incisa –
O. krebsii –
O. laevis –
O. longibrachia –
O. maculosa –
O. magellanica –
O. minor –
O. nigrescens –
O. nomentis –
O. novaezelandiae –
O. oerstedi –
O. parata –
O. parva –
O. poa –
O. pteropoma –
O. reinhardtii –
O. sexradia –
O. sinensis –
O. symbiota –
O. versicolor –
O. virescens
- Nomen dubium (3):
O. elegans –
O. longispina –
O. squamata
- Taxon inquirendum (1):
Name
[edit]Ophiactis Lütken, 1856
- Type species:Ophiactis krebsii Lütken, 1856 (by subsequent designation by Clark, 1915: 259).
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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. [see page 259, type designation]
- Lütken, C.F. 1856. Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1854–56: 1–19. BHL [In Danish] Reference page. [see page 12, original description]
Additional references
[edit]- Boissin, E., Hoareau, T.B., Paulay, G. & Bruggemann, J.H. 2016. Shallow-water reef ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of Réunion (Mascarene Islands), with biogeographic considerations. Zootaxa 4098(2): 273–297. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.2.4.Reference page. [as Ophiactis p. 278]
- Brock, J.G. 1888. Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 47: 465–539. BHL Reference page. [see page 482]
- Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle-Stars, New and Old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62(6): 263–338, 8 pl. BHL Reference page. [see page 294–301]
- Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. [as Ophiactis p. 40]
- Lütken, C.F. 1856. Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. III. Bidrag til kundskab om Ophiurerne ved Central-Amerikas Vestkyst. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1854-56: 20-26. BHL Reference page. [see page 24]
- Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 5(14): 1–386. BHL Reference page. [see page 112]
- Peyghan, S., Doustshenas, B., Nabavi, S.M.B., Rounagh, M.T., Larki, A.A. & Stöhr, S. 2018. New records of the brittle stars Ophiothela venusta and Ophiactis modesta (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the northern Persian Gulf, with morphological details. Zootaxa 4527(3): 425–435. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.3.11
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Ophiactis Lütken, 1856 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on October 02, 2025
