Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Infraorder Chilophiurina > Family Ophiuridae > Subfamily Ophiurinae

Ophiura Lamarck, 1801

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophioglypha*	Lyman, 1860	synonym
*Ophioglyphina*	Ludwig, 1886	synonym
*Ophiozea*	A.H. Clark, 1920	synonym

Children

Ophiura (Dictenophiura) H.L. Clark, 1923
Ophiura (Ophiura) Lamarck, 1816
Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) Hertz, 1927
Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839
Ophiura clemens (Koehler, 1904)
Ophiura flagellata (Lyman, 1878)
Ophiura grubei Heller, 1863
Ophiura imprudens (Koehler, 1906)
Ophiura ljungmani (Lyman, 1878)
Ophiura nitida Mortensen, 1933
Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1854)
Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
Ophiura saurura (Verrill, 1894)
Ophiura violainae (Cherbonnier & Sibuet, 1972)

Literature

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
additional source	Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp.
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa
status source	Melville, R.V. (1980). Opinion 1152. Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 and Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Ophiuroidea): ruling on application of these names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 37(2): 78-80.

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Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophiura Lamarck, 1801. In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123574