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 > Genus Ophiothrix > Subgenus Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix)

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiothrix*	Müller & Troschel, 1840	accepted genus name
*Ophionyx*	Müller & Troschel, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Ophiura ciliaris*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒゲトゲクモヒトデ

Literature

basis of record	Stöhr Sabine
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
redescription	Koehler, R. (1904). Ophiures nouvelles ou peu connues. Memoirs Societe Zoologique de France. 17: 54-119.
status source	Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris (Lamarck, 1816). 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:244165