Ophiopyrgoides saccharatus

Ophiopyrgoides saccharatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Ophiopyrgoides
Species: Ophiopyrgoides saccharatus

Name

Ophiopyrgoides saccharatus (Studer, 1882)

Synonymy

• Ophiopyrgus saccharatus Studer, 1882: 7–8, pl. 1(4a–e).
• Ophiopyrgoides saccharatus (Studer, 1882) H.L. Clark, 1939: 101; — O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 24.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 6(2): 29–136. 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. 
• Studer, T.R. 1882. Übersicht über die Ophiuriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874-1876 gesammelt wurden. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1882: 1-37, pls 1-3. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiopyrgoides saccharatus (Studer, 1882) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 14, 2026

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