Ophiomitrella
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiomitrella
Species:
O. americana –
O. araucana –
O. barbara –
O. chilensis –
O. cordifera –
† O. floorae –
O. globifera –
O. granulosa –
O. laevipellis –
O. mensa –
O. mutata –
O. nudextrema –
O. parviglobosa –
O. polyacantha –
O. porrecta –
O. sagittata –
O. stellifera –
O. subjecta –
O. suspectus –
O. tenuis –
O. thuyi
- Transferred to other genera: O. clavigera – O. conferta – O. corynephora – O. exilis – O. fidelis – O. funebris – O. globifera – O. hamata – O. ingrata – O. languida – O. levis – O. nominata – O. placida – O. severa – O. stelligera
- In synonymy: O. falklandica – O. glabra – O. ikedai – O. lineata – O. moniliformis
Name
[edit]Ophiomitrella Verrill, 1899
- ZooBank: 6C9D3B3E-224B-45E2-B777-772BCFAA6403
- Type species: Ophiacantha laevipellis Lyman, 1883, by original designation.
Synonymy
[edit]- Ophiomitrella Verrill, 1899: 43; — O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006: 88–89; — Thuy, 2013: 178; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 14; — Stöhr, 2025: 182–187.
References
[edit]- O’Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. In: Richer de Forges, B. et al.. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 193: 33–141. ResearchGate
. Reference page. - 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. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page.
- Stöhr, S. 2025. Two new species of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), living epizoic on a stalked crinoid. European Journal of Taxonomy 1022(1): 176–201. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3087 . Reference page.
- Thuy, T. 2013. Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 48: 1–242. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.48 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
[edit]- Ophiomitrella Verrill, 1899 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on November 06, 2025
