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 > Genus Ophiothamnus

Ophiothamnus affinis Ljungman, 1872

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiothamnus*	Lyman, 1869	accepted genus name
*Ophioleda*	Koehler, 1906	synonym

Species group names

*Ophioleda minima*	Koehler, 1906	synonym
*Ophioplinthaca occlusa*	Koehler, 1907	synonym
*Ophiothamnus minima*	(Koehler, 1906)	synonym

Literature

original description	Ljungman, A.V. 1872. Förteckning öfver uti Vestindien af Dr A. Goës samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskapsakademiens Förhandlingar 1871, 28(5), 615-658.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothamnus affinis Ljungman, 1872. 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:125050