Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Ophiacanthida > Suborder Ophiodermatina > Superfamily Ophiocomoidea > Family Ophiocomidae

Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1836

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

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Japanese: ゴマフクモヒトデ属

Literature

original description	Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1, 168-199.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Sloan, N. A.; Clark, A. M.; Taylor, J. D. (1979). The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. 37 (2): 81- 128.
status source	Devaney, D. M. (1970). Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a re-evaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. Smithson. Contr. Zool. 51: 1-41.
taxonomy source	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).

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1836. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123592