Ophiothrix angulata

Ophiothrix angulata

Ophiothrix angulata

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 angulata
Subspecies: O. a. angulata – O. a. atrolineata – O. a. megalaspis – O. a. phlogina – O. a. phoinissa – O. a. poecila – O. a. violacea

Name

Ophiothrix angulata (Say, 1825)

• Original combination: Ophiura angulata Say, 1825

• Type locality: U.S.A., South Carolina, Charleston Harbor

• Neotype: USNM 33764 [1] designated by Santana et al. (2017).

Synonymy

(List may be incomplete)

• Ophiura angulata Say, 1825: 145–146.
• Ophiothrix hispida Ayres, 1852: 249–250.
  • Synonymised by Lyman (1865: 162).
• Ophiothrix angulata (Say, 1825) Ayres, 1852: 249; — Lyman, 1865: 162–164, pl. 2(1–3); — Lyman, 1882: 219; — Verrill, 1899: 18–20; — H.L. Clark, 1900: 244; — Koehler, 1914: 118–120; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 269; — H.L. Clark, 1918: 312–313, 314; — H.L. Clark, 1941: 86; — Hendler et al., 1995: 312; — Borges, Monteiro & Amaral, 2002: 58, fig. 34c–d; — Hernández-Herrejón, Solís-Marín & Laguarda-Figueras, 2008: 157–158, fig. 18c–d; — Santana et al., 2017: 292–297, figs. 1–3; — Hernández-Díaz et al., 2023.
• Ophiothrix caribaea Örsted & Lütken in Lütken, 1856: 14–15
  • Synonymised by Lyman (1882: 219).
• Ophiothrix kroyeri Lütken, 1856: 15
  • Synonymised by Lyman (1882: 219).
• Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) angulata (Say, 1825); — Tommasi, 1970: 54–60, pl. 24(53–54); — Gondim, Dias & Christoffersen, 2013: 514–515, fig. 4A–B.

References

• Ayres, W.O. 1852. Descriptions of two new species of Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 248–250. BHL Reference page. 
• Borges, M., Monteiro, A.M.G., Amaral, A.C.Z. 2002. Taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinonermata) from the continental shelf and slope of the southern and southeastern Brazilian coast. Biota Neotropica 2(2): 1–69. DOI: 10.1590/S1676-06032002000200010 Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1900. The Echinoderms of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 20(2): 233–263. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle-Stars, New and Old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62(6): 263–338, 8 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page. 
• Gondim, A.I., Dias, T.L.P., Christoffersen, M.L. 2013. Annotated checklist of Echinoderms from Maranhão and Piauí States, Northeastern Brazil. Check List. 9(3): 510–518. DOI: 10.15560/9.3.510 Reference page. 
• Hendler, G., Miller, J.E., Pawson, D.L., Kier, P.M. 1995. Sea Stars, Sea Urchins and Allies. Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. xi + 390 pages. Reference page. 
• Hernández-Díaz YQ, Solis F, Beltrán-López RG, Benítez HA, Díaz-Jaimes P, Paulay G. 2023. Integrative species delimitation in the common ophiuroid Ophiothrix angulata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): insights from COI, ITS2, arm coloration, and geometric morphometrics. PeerJ. 11:e15655 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15655
• Hernández-Herrejón, L.A., Solís-Marín, F.A., Laguarda-Figueras, A. 2008. Ofiuroideos (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) de las aguas mexicanas del golfo de México. Revista de Biología Tropical. 56(3): 83–167. DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v56i3.27082 [nonfunctional] ResearchGate .Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1914. A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 84: 1–173. BHL 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. 
• Lyman, T. 1865. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, No. 1: Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. viii+200 pp.; pl. I–II; fig. 1–19. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 5(14): 1–386. BHL Reference page. 
• Santana, A., Manso, C.L.C., Almeida, A.C.S. & Alves, O.F.S. 2017. Redescription and designation of a neotype for Ophiothrix angulata (Say, 1825) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae). Zootaxa 4344(2): 291–307. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.5. Reference page. 
• Say, T. 1825. On the species of the Linnaean genus Asterias, inhabiting the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5: 141-154. BHL Reference page. 
• Tommasi, L.R. 1970. Os Ofiuroides recentes do Brasil e de regioes Vizinhas. Contribuições avulsas do Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo. Oceanografia biológica. 20: 1–146.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

• Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) angulata (Say, 1825) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on March 25, 2026

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