original descriptionMüller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159[details]
status sourceBenavides-Serrato, M.; O'Hara, T. D. (2008). A new species in the Ophiocoma erinaceus complex from the South-west Pacific Ocean (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae). <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 65, 51-56.[details]
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