Ophiothrix cimar

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina

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: Gnathophiurina

Familia: Ophiothricidae
Genus: Ophiothrix
Species: Ophiothrix cimar

Name

Ophiothrix cimar Hendler, 2005: 584–589, fig. 1A–F

• ZooBank: B82A00DB-6522-44C9-BACD-77E9EB2DB29E

• Type locality: Caribbean Sea, Costa Rica, 9.749°N 82.822°W / 9.749; -82.822, depth 0 m.

• Holotype: LACM E.1987-68.3.

• Paratypes: LACM E.1939-181.3; LACM E.1939-217.4; LACM E.1939-222.3; LACM E.1971-671.1; LACM E.1971-672.1; LACM E.1974-253.1; LACM E.1974-250.1; LACM E.1974-248.1; LACM E.1974-252.1; LACM E.1975-704.1; LACM E.1977-305.1; LACM E.1986-197.2; LACM E.1986-154.2; LACM E.1986-137.1; LACM E.1986-141.2; LACM E.1986-106.2; LACM E.1986-115.1; LACM E.1987-51.5; LACM E.1987-67.5; LACM E.1987-63.2; LACM E.1987-67.1; LACM E.1987-66.1; LACM E.1987-43.3; LACM E.1987-50.2; LACM E.1987-43.1; LACM E.1987-67.6; LACM E.1987-51.2; LACM E.1987-40.1; LACM E.1987-68.2; LACM E.2003-65.3; LACM E.2003-51.6; LACM E.2003-64.3; LACM; LACM; LACM; USNM 1073475.

References

• Hendler, G. 2005. Two New Brittle Star Species of the Genus Ophiothrix (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) from Coral Reefs in the Southern Caribbean Sea, with Notes on Their Biology. Caribbean Journal of Science 41(3): 583–599. Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiothrix cimar Hendler, 2005 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on August 21, 2026