Ophiothricidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina
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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Gnathophiurina

Familia: Ophiothricidae
Genera (13): Gymnolophus – Lissophiothrix – Macrophiothrix – Ophiocnemis – Ophiogymna – Ophiolophus – Ophiomaza – Ophiophthirius – Ophiopsammium – Ophiopteron – Ophiothela – Ophiothrix – Ophiotrichoides

In synonymy (6): Amphiophiothrix – Ophioaethiops – Ophiocampsis – Ophionyx – Ophioteresis – Placophiothrix

Name

Ophiothricidae Ljungman, 1867

Note:: also spelled Ophiotrichidae

Type genus: Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840

References

Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. [as Ophiotrichidae p. 44]
Goharimanesh, M., Stöhr, S., Mirshamsi, O., Ghassemzadeh, F., Adriaens, D. 2021. Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. European Journal of Taxonomy. 766(1), 1–63. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483 Reference page. [as Ophiothricidae p. 48—49]
Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page. [as Ophiothricidae p. 330 BHL, original description]
Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page. [as Ophiothricidae p. 74]
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. [as Ophiotrichidae p. 22]
Verrill, A.E. 1899a. North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(7): 301–371. BHL Reference page. [as Ophiothricidae p. 304 BHL]

Links

Ophiotrichidae Ljungman, 1867 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 12, 2026