Ophiostigma

Ophiostigma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphiuroidea

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

Familia: Amphiuridae
Genus: Ophiostigma
Species: O. abnorme – O. isocanthum – O. rugosum – O. siva – O. tenue

• Transferred to other genera: O. minuta
  

• In synonymy: O. africanum – O. formosa – O. moniliforme
  

Name

Ophiostigma Lütken, 1856

• ZooBank: 4B6D577F-0A77-4F37-A6A2-1AD6D6AC3EA7

• Type species: Ophiostigma tenue Lütken, 1856, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Ophiostigma Lütken, 1856: 5, 13; — Fell, 1960: 22; — Thomas, 1962: 689; — A.M. Clark, 1970: 33; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 20.

References

• Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology 19(1): 1–81. BHL Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1960. Synoptic keys to the genera of Ophiuroidea. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington. 26: 1–44. Online.Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Thomas, L.P. 1962. The Shallow Water Amphiurid Brittle Stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 12(4): 623–694. Online. Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiostigma Lütken, 1856 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on October 06, 2025

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