Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Ophioscolecida > Family Ophioscolecidae

Ophiogeron Lyman, 1878

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Astrogeron*	Verrill, 1899	synonym

Children

Ophiogeron edentulus Lyman, 1878
Ophiogeron granulatus (Lyman, 1883)

Literature

original description	Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl.
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.
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. Ophiogeron Lyman, 1878. 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:123630