Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Amphilepidida > Suborder Gnathophiurina > Superfamily Ophiactoidea > Family Ophiothamnidae

Ophiothamnus Lyman, 1869

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophioleda*	Koehler, 1906	synonym

Children

Ophiothamnus affinis Ljungman, 1872
Ophiothamnus chariis H.L. Clark, 1915

Literature

original description	Lyman, T. (1869). Preliminary report on the Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae dredged in deep water between Cuba and Florida Reef. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 309-354.
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	Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothamnus Lyman, 1869. 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:123605