Ophiuroidea source details
Systematics, Taxonomy
Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa) australiensis Clark, 1909 (original description)
Astroporpa australiensis H.L. Clark, 1909 accepted as Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa) australiensis Clark, 1909 (original description)
Conocladus oxyconus H.L. Clark, 1909 accepted as Conocladus australis (Verrill, 1876) (original description)
Cryptopelta H.L. Clark, 1909 (original description)
Cryptopelta H.L. Clark, 1909 (additional source)
Cryptopelta aster (Lyman, 1879) (basis of record)
Cryptopelta granulifera H.L. Clark, 1909 (original description)
Ophiacantha heterotyla H.L. Clark, 1909 (original description)
Ophiarachna Müller & Troschel, 1842 (basis of record)
Ophiarachna gorgonia Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Ophiarachna infernalis Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarachnella infernalis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Ophiarachna septemspinosa Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Ophiarachnella Ljungman, 1872 (additional source)
Ophiarachnella capensis (Bell, 1888) (basis of record)
Ophiarachnella macracantha H.L. Clark, 1909 (original description)
Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851) accepted as Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867) (additional source)
Ophiopeza petersi Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiarachnella petersi (Lyman, 1878) (source of synonymy)
Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867) (additional source)
Ophiopezella Ljungman, 1872 accepted as Ophiopeza Peters, 1851 (basis of record)
Ophiopristis axiologus H.L. Clark, 1909 (original description)
Ophiothrix acestra H.L. Clark, 1909 accepted as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris (Lamarck, 1816) (original description)
Pectinura angulata Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiarachnella petersi (Lyman, 1878) (source of synonymy)
Pectinura assimilis (Bell, 1888) accepted as Ophiopsammus assimilis (Bell, 1888) (new combination reference)
Pectinura dyscrita H.L. Clark, 1909 accepted as Ophiopsammus assimilis (Bell, 1888) (original description)
Pectinura gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Pectinura intermedia Bell, 1888 accepted as Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Pectinura marmorata Lyman, 1874 accepted as Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Pectinura rigida Lyman, 1874 accepted as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Pectinura venusta de Loriol, 1893 accepted as Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Madagascar for Pectinura fallax (Peters, 1851)
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cryptopelta granulifera H.L. Clark, 1909
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachna mauritiensis de Loriol, 1893
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachna robillardi de Loriol, 1893
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiopezella dubiosa de Loriol, 1893
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachna affinis Lütken, 1869
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Pectinura fallax (Peters, 1851)
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816)
South Africa (country) for Cryptopelta aster (Lyman, 1879)
South Africa (country) for Ophiarachnella capensis (Bell, 1888)
South Africa (country) for Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachnella infernalis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Pectinura fallax (Peters, 1851)
Mentioned from the Indo-West Pacific by Halpern, 1970, but secondhand and almost certainly erroneous (Clark, 1993) [details]
Also distributed in north Australia (Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995)). Ecology: benthic, inshore. ... [details]
Also distributed in South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, ... [details]
Holotype Museum of comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 160. Type locality: ... [details]
Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 148, paratypes Museum of ... [details]
Holotype in Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève (Switzerland). Type locality: Mauritius (as 'l'ïle Maurice') ... [details]
Type species: Ophiopeza aster Lyman, 1879 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Type species: Ophiura incrassata Müller & Troschel, 1842 by subsequent designation by Lütken (1869) (Rowe & ... [details]
Type species: Ophiarachna gorgonia (Müller & Troschel 1842) by subsequent designation in Clark (1909). Clark ... [details]
Type species: Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman 1867 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Goniodiscides was a nom. nov. for Goniodiscus which was untenable because both are ultimately synonyms of Culctia ... [details]
Synonym of Goniodiscaster according to H.L. Clark 1909 <536>. [details]
S of Cape Point, 274 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]
Cape of Good Hope (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]