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 Ophiotrichidae

Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophionyx*	Müller & Troschel, 1840	synonym

Children

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) Müller & Troschel, 1840
Ophiothrix cotteaui (de Loriol, 1900)
Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Ophiothrix luetkeni Wyville Thomson, 1873
Ophiothrix maculata Ljungman, 1872
Ophiothrix quinquemaculata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トゲクモヒトデ属

Literature

original description	Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Über die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6(1): 326-330.
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	Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar, 48. Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp.
subsequent type designation	Lyman, T. (1865). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 1: 1-200.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840. 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:123626