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

Ophiotreta Verrill, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta)*	Verrill, 1899	synonym

Children

Ophiotreta spectabilis (G.O. Sars, 1872)
Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879)

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1899). Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa. 5(1), 1-86.
basis of record	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
source of synonymy	Koehler, R. (1914). A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 84: 1-173
source of synonymy	Clark, H. L. (1911). North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin. 75: 1-302.
status source	Koehler, R. (1922). Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin. 100(5): 1-486.
status 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. Ophiotreta Verrill, 1899. 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:205400