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

Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiotreta*	Verrill, 1899	accepted genus name
*Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta)*	Verrill, 1899	synonym

Species group names

*Ophiacantha valenciennesi*	Lyman, 1879	synonym
*Ophiotreta valenciennesi valenciennesi*	(Lyman, 1879)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162.
additional source	Stöhr Sabine
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.
additional source	Mills, V. S.; O'Hara, T. D. (2013). Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Zootaxa. 3613 (5): 401-444.
status source	Stöhr, S. (2011). New records and new species of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Zootaxa. 3089: 1-50.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879). 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:244220