Ophiuroidea source details
Amphiophiura Matsumoto, 1915 (additional source)
Amphioplus depressa (Ljungman, 1867) accepted as Amphioplus (Lymanella) depressus (Ljungman, 1867) (basis of record)
Amphioplus impressa (Ljungman, 1867) accepted as Amphioplus (Amphichilus) impressus (Ljungman, 1867) (additional source)
Amphioplus lucidus Koehler, 1922 represented as Amphioplus (Amphioplus) lucidus Koehler, 1922 (basis of record)
Amphiura Forbes, 1843 (additional source)
Amphiura duncani Lyman, 1882 accepted as Amphiura (Amphiura) luetkeni Duncan, 1879 (source of synonymy)
Asteroceras Lyman, 1879 accepted as Astroceras Lyman, 1879 (basis of record)
Asteroceras pleiades Baker, 1980 accepted as Astroceras pleiades Baker, 1980 (basis of record)
Asteronyx Müller & Troschel, 1842 (additional source)
Asteroschema Örsted & Lütken in Lütken, 1856 (additional source)
Astroboa granulatus (H.L. Clark, 1938) (additional source)
Astroboa nigra Döderlein, 1911 accepted as Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874) (source of synonymy)
Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874) (additional source)
Astrocladus granulatus H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Astroboa granulatus (H.L. Clark, 1938) (source of synonymy)
Astrophiura Sladen, 1879 (basis of record)
Astrophyton nudum Lyman, 1874 accepted as Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874) (source of synonymy)
Astrothamnus papillatus H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Astrothorax waitei (Benham, 1909) (source of synonymy)
Astrothorax Döderlein, 1911 (basis of record)
Astrothorax waitei (Benham, 1909) (additional source)
Dictenophiura H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Ophiura (Dictenophiura) H.L. Clark, 1923 (basis of record)
Euryale Lamarck, 1816 (additional source)
Euryale aspera Lamarck, 1816 (basis of record)
Gorgonocephalus pectinatus Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916) (source of synonymy)
Gorgonocephalus pustulatum (H.L. Clark, 1916) (additional source)
Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)
Ophiactis acosmeta H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Ophiactis macrolepidota Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 (source of synonymy)
Ophiactis delicata H.L. Clark, 1915 accepted as Ophiactis macrolepidota Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 (source of synonymy)
Ophiactis macrolepidota Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 (source of synonymy)
Ophiactis modesta Brock, 1888 (status source)
Ophiactis novaezelandiae Mortensen, 1924 accepted as Ophiactis profundi novaezelandiae Mortensen, 1924 (status source)
Ophiactis parva Mortensen, 1926 accepted as Ophiactis macrolepidota Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 (source of synonymy)
Ophiactis profundi novaezelandiae Mortensen, 1924 (status source)
Ophiarthrum pictum (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Ophiomastix pictum (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (basis of record)
Ophiernus Lyman, 1878 (additional source)
Ophiernus vallincola Lyman, 1878 (basis of record)
Ophiocentrus Ljungman, 1867 (basis of record)
Ophiocentrus aspera (Koehler, 1905) (additional source)
Ophiocentrus dilatata (Koehler, 1905) (additional source)
Ophiocentrus inaequalis (H.L. Clark, 1915) (basis of record)
Ophiochasma Grube, 1868 (basis of record)
Ophiocnida dilatata Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiocentrus dilatata (Koehler, 1905) (source of synonymy)
Ophiocoma alternans Endean, 1964 accepted as Ophiocoma endeani Rowe & Pawson, 1977 accepted as Ophiomastix endeani (Rowe & Pawson, 1977) (source of synonymy)
Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Breviturma dentata (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (additional source)
Ophiocoma endeani Rowe & Pawson, 1977 accepted as Ophiomastix endeani (Rowe & Pawson, 1977) (basis of record)
Ophiocoma insularia Lyman, 1861 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Breviturma dentata (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)
Ophiocoma ternispina von Martens, 1870 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Breviturma dentata (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Ophioconus accepted as Ophioconis Lütken, 1869 (basis of record)
Ophioconus cincta accepted as Ophioconis cincta Brock, 1888 (basis of record)
Ophioconus cupida accepted as Ophioconis cupida Koehler, 1905 (basis of record)
Ophioconus opacum accepted as Ophioconis opacum (H.L. Clark, 1928) (basis of record)
Ophioconus permixta accepted as Ophioconis permixta Koehler, 1905 (basis of record)
Ophiocten Lütken, 1855 (additional source)
Ophioglypha kinbergi Ljungman, 1866 accepted as Ophiura kinbergi Ljungman, 1866 accepted as Ophiuroglypha kinbergi (Ljungman, 1866) (basis of record)
Ophioglypha kinbergi Ljungman, 1866 accepted as Ophiura kinbergi Ljungman, 1866 accepted as Ophiuroglypha kinbergi (Ljungman, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Ophiogymna pellicula (Duncan, 1887) (additional source)
Ophiomisidium Koehler, 1914 (additional source)
Ophiomusium Lyman, 1869 (additional source)
Ophiomusium aporum H.L. Clark, 1928 accepted as Ophiomusium australe H.L. Clark, 1928 accepted as Ophiomusa australe (H.L. Clark, 1928) (source of synonymy)
Ophiomusium australe H.L. Clark, 1928 accepted as Ophiomusa australe (H.L. Clark, 1928) (source of synonymy)
Ophiomusium incertum Koehler, 1930 accepted as Ophiomusa incerta (Koehler, 1930) (status source)
Ophiomyxa Müller & Troschel, 1840 (additional source)
Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867) (additional source)
Ophioplinthaca Verrill, 1899 (additional source)
Ophioplocus imbricata (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Ophioplocus imbricatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (basis of record)
Ophioprium rosea (Lyman, 1879) accepted as Ophiacantha rosea Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiosabine rosea (Lyman, 1878) (additional source)
Ophiopsammus Lütken, 1869 (basis of record)
Ophiothela dividua von Martens, 1879 accepted as Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Ophiothela mirabilis (Verrill, 1867) (source of synonymy)
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) alboviridis (Brock, 1888) accepted as Ophiocentrus alboviridis (Brock, 1888) (basis of record)
Ophiothrix acestra H.L. Clark, 1909 accepted as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris (Lamarck, 1816) (source of synonymy)
Ophiothrix aristulata Lyman, 1879 represented as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) aristulata Lyman, 1879 (basis of record)
Ophiothrix foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 represented as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 (source of synonymy)
Ophiothrix fulgens Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiogymna pellicula (Duncan, 1887) (source of synonymy)
Ophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816) (source of synonymy)
Ophiothrix picturatus de Loriol, 1893 accepted as Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816) (source of synonymy)
Ophiothrix propinqua Lyman, 1861 accepted as Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861) (source of synonymy)
Ophiothrix proteus Koehler, 1905 represented as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) proteus Koehler, 1905 (source of synonymy)
Ophiothrix savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842) represented as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (additional source)
Ophiothrix trilineata Lütken, 1869 represented as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) trilineata Lütken, 1869 (source of synonymy)
Ophiothrix triloba von Martens, 1870 accepted as Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861) (source of synonymy)
Ophiotrichoides propinqua (Lyman, 1861) accepted as Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861) (source of synonymy)
Pectinura marmorata Lyman, 1874 accepted as Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (additional source)
Pectinura megaloplax Bell, 1884 accepted as Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (source of synonymy)
Placophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938 (basis of record)
Larantuka for Ophiocoma ternispina von Martens, 1870
Red Sea for Amphioplus personatus (Koehler, 1905)
Red Sea for Ophiothrix triloba von Martens, 1870
West Indian Ocean for Ophiarachnella macracantha H.L. Clark, 1909
West Indian Ocean for Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905
L. Agassiz, 1846 as author in Clark & Rowe (1971). In Subgenus (Fibularia) Lamarck, 1816. Lectotype Muséum ... [details]
Sometimes referred to Lütken in Agassiz (1872) (e.g. by Rowe & Gates 1995, p. 249) due to the fact that Agassiz ... [details]
Ljungman, 1867 in Cherbonnier & Guille (1978). [details]
Cherbonnier (1952) cites (Quoy & Gaimard) as authority - Quoy & Gaimard and Jaeger seemed to have published ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, norh Australia, Philippine, China ... [details]
Also distributed in Ceylon, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); ... [details]
Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, ... [details]
Also distributed in Marshall Islands (Clark, 1954), Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995), Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry ... [details]
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Andaman Is. (Sastry, 1997); Arabian Sea (presumed to be from ... [details]
The genus is mainly tropical, but occurs southward to South Africa and the Australian seas, and northward to ... [details]
Also distributed in East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); ... [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, western Indian Ocean (Mascarene Is.), west Pacific ... [details]
Also distributed in Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll (Clark, 1954); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General ... [details]
Coulour in life: very variable with predominant colour ranging from black to fawn. This may pale progressively ... [details]
Colour in life: the shiny skin uniform burgundy (Sloan et al., 1979). Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area, ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan ... [details]
Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and ... [details]
Description: Arm length to 30 cm, disc diameter to 6 cm. Characteristic high tubercules on dorsal side of disc and ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South ... [details]
Colour in life: deep purple above, much paler below (Sloan et al., 1979). Also distributed in Saipan, New ... [details]
Also distributed in Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, ... [details]
Description: body rather narrower in its anterior half. Uniformly brown, but a clear ring is around the small ... [details]
Colour in life: variable, from harlequin deep purple, red orange and pink with orange yellow tips to arms, through ... [details]
Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian ... [details]
Colour in life: background blue-green with deep blue markings, deep fawn with brown markings or pale fawn with ... [details]
Description: five arms; superomarginal plates paxilliform, not distinguishable from the abactinal plates; oral ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf and Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, ... [details]
Also distributed in Guam, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); SE Arabia, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, ... [details]
Also distributed in New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Persian Gulf, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, ... [details]
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, ... [details]
Colour in life: pale flesh tone with large brick-red patches, especially proximally, arm tips black (Sloan et al., ... [details]
Also distributed in north Australia and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, ... [details]
Also distributed in Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East indies, north Australia, Philippines, ... [details]
Colour: Disc patterned with gray, yellow and white; arms with dark longitudinal lines. Description: disc diameter 25 ... [details]
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, ... [details]
Colour in life: burgundy with irregular white flecking (Sloan et al., 1979 ). Also distributed in Maldive area, ... [details]
Description: arm length to 40 mm, disc diameter to 8 mm. Disc scales bearing granules. Disc variable in colour from ... [details]
Arm length to 20 mm, disc diameter to 6 mm. Similar to Ophiochaeta hirsuta, but genus instantly recognisable by ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. ... [details]
Description: arm length to 4 cm, disc diameter to 9 mm. Disc completely covered with granules, otherwise similar to ... [details]
Colour in life: dark grey-green dorsal surface with paler irregular patches on disc and pale bands on arms ... [details]
This species in known from the East Indies, north Australia, Philippines, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark ... [details]
Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippines, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); ... [details]
Colour in life: red on pink or grey background, furrow spines white with pink tube feet juveniles mottled ... [details]
Colour in life: tubercles yellow with orange tips, papular areas blue-grey with paulae green; remainder of aboral ... [details]
Also distributed in north Australia (Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995)). Ecology: benthic, inshore. ... [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China ... [details]
Also distributed in Ceylon, Maldive Islands, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippines, China, south ... [details]
Habitat: Usually found concealed under rock or in narrow crevices (Thandar, 1990). Also distributed in SE Arabia, ... [details]
Appearance in life: shaggy, orange-brown above, light red band of tube feet about half the width of sole running ... [details]
From Zamboanga (Mindano, Philippines) in A.H. Clark (1908). [details]
Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, Philippines, china and south Japan (Clark & Rowe (1971)); Australia ... [details]
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995) and in New Guinea, Tonga Islands and Ceylon (Chadwick, 1908) . ... [details]
Gabo I., VIC, to Fremantle, WA, Australia Depth range : 0-18 m [details]
Off Manning River, NSW, Australia Depth range : 40 m [details]
Also distributed in Ceylon, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. ... [details]
Sahul Bank, WA, to off Melville I., NT, Australia Depth range : 73-183 m [details]
General distribution: tropical, southwest Pacific Ocean, depth range 6-60 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Also recorded ... [details]
Also distributed in Persian Gulf, north Australia and Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, ... [details]
General distribution: temperate, southwest Pacific and South Africa, depth range 73-1005 m. (Rowe & Gates, ... [details]
Tweed Heads, NSW, to E Bass Strait, TAS, Australia; Depth range: 60-360 m [details]
Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, & NW of Port Hedland, WA, Australia; Depth range: 0-103 m [details]
Fremantle, West Australia to Lady Musgrave Reef, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-292 m [details]
Fremantle to Monte Bello Island, West Australia; Depth range : 0-135 m [details]
Gabo Island, Victoria to Cape Jervis, South Australia; Depth range : 5-35 m [details]
Mooloolaba, Queensland to Broughton Island, New South Wales, Australia; Depth range : 10-28 m [details]
Off Moreton Bay, Queensland to Rottnest Island, West Australia, Australia; Depth range : 18-306 m [details]
Byron Bay, New South Wales to Trigg Island, West Australia; Depth range : 1-63 m [details]
Byron Bay, New South Wales to Trigg Island, West Australia; Depth range : 0-37 m [details]
Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea; Lizard I. to Bushy I., QLD, Australia; Depth range: 0-55 m [details]
West Cape to Baudin I., WA, Australia; Depth range: 72-78 m [details]
Wanganella Bank, Tasman Sea; Kermadec Is.; Depth range : 716-1159 m [details]
Torres Strait to Mooloolaba Queensland; Depth range : 3-80 m [details]
Lancelin, West Australia to Lady Elliott Island, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 1-144 m [details]
Scott Reef, West Australia to Lady Musgrave Island, Queensland; Depth range : 0-18 m [details]
Port Hedland, WA, to Port Jackson, NSW; Lord Howe I., Tasman Sea; Australia; Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji; Depth ... [details]
Also recorded from the Iranian Gulf (Heding, 1940). [details]
Scott Reef West Australia to Lizard Island and Keeper Reef Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 3-20 m [details]
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, ... [details]
Jurien Bay to Port Hedland, West Australia, Australia; Depth range : 18-290 m (?400 m) [details]
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995; East Indies and Philippines (Clark & Rowe (1971)). Ecology: ... [details]
Gantheaume Bay West Australia to Lady Elliott Island, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 9-190 m (?538 m) [details]
NW Shelf, West Australia to Scawfell Island, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-91 m [details]
Also distributed in Salomon (Clark, 1911); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, ... [details]