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Family: Ophiuridae



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189 species (see list below)
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Amphiophiura abcisa
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Amphiophiura antarctica
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Amphiophiura bakeri
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Amphiophiura bullata
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Amphiophiura canaliculata
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Amphiophiura confecta
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Amphiophiura improba
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Amphiophiura insolita
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Amphiophiura kermadecensis
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Amphiophiura lacazei
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Amphiophiura liberata
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Amphiophiura megapoma
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Amphiophiura metabula
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Amphiophiura oedignatha
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Amphiophiura oligopora
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Amphiophiura ornata
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Amphiophiura pachyplax
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Amphiophiura pacifica
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Amphiophiura paupera
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Amphiophiura pertusa
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Amphiophiura ponderosa
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Amphiophiura rowetti
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Amphiophiura sculptilis
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Amphiophiura sordida
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Amphiophiura spatulifera
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Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific and Northwes

Amphiophiura superba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

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Amphiophiura superba
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Amphiophiura trifolium
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Amphiophiura urbana
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Amphitarsus spinifer
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Anthophiura axiologa
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Anthophiura granulatus
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Anthophiura ingolfi
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Homalophiura falcifera
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Homalophiura tesselata
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Ophiernus vallincola
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Ophiocten abyssicolum
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Ophiocten affinis
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Ophiocten amitinum
[Rasberry brittle star]
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Ophiocten culveri
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Ophiocten doederleini
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Ophiocten dubium
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Ophiocten hastatum
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Ophiocten ludwigi
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Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Ocean.

Ophiocten megaloplax Koehler, 1900

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Ophiocten megaloplax
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Ophiocten pallidum
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Ophiocten scutatum
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Ophiocten sericeum
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Ophiocten ultimum
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Ophioctenella acies
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Ophiogona doederleini
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Ophiogona laevigata
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Ophiolepis ailsae
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Ophiolepis cardioplax
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Max. Length 1 cm WD
 
Ophiolepis cincta
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Ophiolepis crassa
[]

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo

Western Central Atlantic.

Ophiolepis elegans Lütken, 1859

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Ophiolepis elegans
[Elegant brittle star]
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Ophiolepis gemma
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Ophiolepis grisea
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Ophiolepis impressa
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Ophiolepis irregularis
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Ophiolepis kieri
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Ophiolepis pacifica
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Ophiolepis paucispina
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Ophiolepis pawsoni
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Ophiolepis plateia
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Ophiolepis rugosa
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Max. Length 2.7 cm WD
 
Ophiolepis superba
[Banded brittle starfish]
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Ophiolepis unicolor
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Ophiolepis variegata
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Ophiolipus granulatus
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Ophiomastus meridionalis
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Ophiomastus serratus
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Ophiomastus tegulitius
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Ophiomisidium speciosum
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Ophiomusium cancellatum
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Ophiomusium corticosum
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Ophiomusium eburneum
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Ophiomusium facetum
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Ophiomusium facundum
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Ophiomusium glabrum
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Ophiomusium luetkeni
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Ophiomusium lymani
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Ophiomusium scalare
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Ophiomusium simplex
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Ophionotus hexactis
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Ophionotus victoriae Bell, 1902

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Ophionotus victoriae
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Ophiopenia disacantha
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Ophiopenia tetracantha
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Ophioperla koehleri (Bell, 1908)

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Ophioperla koehleri
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Ophiophyllum novaecaledonia
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Ophiophyllum petilum
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Ophiopleura borealis
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Ophiopleura inermis
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Ocean.

Ophioplinthus brevirima (Mortensen, 1936)

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Ophioplinthus brevirima
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Ophioplinthus carinata
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Ocean.

Ophioplinthus gelida (Koehler, 1901)

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Ophioplinthus gelida
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Ophioplinthus grisea
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Ophioplinthus inornata
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Ophioplinthus intorta
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Ophioplinthus martensi
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Ophioplinthus medusa
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Ophioplinthus partita
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Ophioplinthus relegata
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Ophioplinthus scissa
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Ophioplinthus tuberosa
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Ophioplinthus tumescens
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Ophioplocus declinans
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Max. Length 15 cm WD
 
Ophioplocus esmarki
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Ophioplocus imbricata
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Max. Length 2.3 cm WD
 
Ophioplocus imbricatus
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Ophioplocus incipiens
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Ophioplocus japonicus
[Japanese smooth brittle star]
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Ophiopyrgus biocalae
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Ophiopyrgus trispinosus
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Ophiosparte gigas
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Ophiosteira antarctica
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Ophiosteira debitor
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Ophiosteira echinulata
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Ophiosteira rotundata
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Ophiotylos brevipes
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Ophiotylos leucus
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Ophiotypa simplex
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Ophiozona antillarum
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Ophiozona depressa
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Ophiozona dubia
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Ophiozona insularia
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Ophiozona nivea
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Ophiozona pacifica
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Ophiozona stellata
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Ophiozona tessellata
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Ophiozonella alba
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Ophiozonella bispinosa
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Ophiozonella falklandica
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Ophiozonella longispina
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Ophiozonella media
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Ophiozonella molesta
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Ophiozonella stellata
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Ophiozonella subtilis
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Ophiura acervata
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Ophiura aequalis
[]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th

Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839

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Ophiura albida
[Serpent's table brittlestar]
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Ophiura ambigua
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Ophiura atacta
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Ophiura aurantiaca
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Ophiura bathybia
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Ophiura brevispinosa
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Ophiura carnea
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Ophiura clemens
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Ophiura cryptolepis
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Ophiura ctenophora
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Ophiura flagellata
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Ophiura flexibilis
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Ophiura fluctuans
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Ophiura fraterna
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Ophiura grubei
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Ophiura irrorata
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Max. Length 0.3 cm WD
 
Ophiura kinbergi
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Ophiura kofoidi
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Ophiura lanceolata
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Ophiura leptoctenia
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Ophiura lienosa
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Ophiura ljungmani
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Ophiura luetkenii
[Gray brittle star]
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Ophiura maculata
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Ophiura micracantha
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Ophiura mimaria
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Ophiura nana
[]

Photo by Tiralongo, Francesco

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Ophiura ophiura
[Serpent brittle star]
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Ophiura pteracantha
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Ophiura quadrispina
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Ophiura robusta
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Ophiura rouchi (Koehler, 1912)

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Ophiura rouchi
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Ophiura sarsii
[Notched brittle star]
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Ophiura signata
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Ophiura squamosa
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Ophiura stellata
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Ophiura texturata
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Ophiura verrucosa
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Perlophiura profundissima
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Sinophiura multispina
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Spinophiura jolliveti
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Stegophiura carinata
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Stegophiura elevata
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Stegophiura hainanensis
[]

Photo by Miller, Todd

Northern Atlantic and the

Stegophiura nodosa unspecified

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Stegophiura nodosa
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Stegophiura sladeni
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Stegophiura sterilis
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Stegophiura stuwitzii
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Stegophiura vivipara
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Amphiophiura abcisa Eastern Pacific 1899
Amphiophiura antarctica Antarctic Atlantic 1923
Amphiophiura bakeri Western Pacific. 2003
Amphiophiura bullata Western Central Pacific
Amphiophiura canaliculata Western Central Pacific 1922
Amphiophiura confecta Western Central Pacific 1930
Amphiophiura improba Southwest Pacific 1904
Amphiophiura insolita Western Central Pacific 1904
Amphiophiura kermadecensis Southwest Pacific 1911
Amphiophiura lacazei Antarctic Indian Ocean 1878
Amphiophiura liberata Western Central Pacific 1904
Amphiophiura megapoma Western Central Pacific
Amphiophiura metabula Western Central Atlantic 1915
Amphiophiura oedignatha Western Central Atlantic 1915
Amphiophiura oligopora Western Central Atlantic 1913
Amphiophiura ornata Southwest Pacific. 1878
Amphiophiura pachyplax Arctic 1954
Amphiophiura pacifica Northeast Pacific. 1971
Amphiophiura paupera Western Central Pacific 1896
Amphiophiura pertusa Western Central Pacific 1930
Amphiophiura ponderosa Northeast Pacific. 1878
Amphiophiura rowetti Antarctic Atlantic 1923
Amphiophiura sculptilis Western Pacific 1878
Amphiophiura sordida Western Central Pacific 1897
Amphiophiura spatulifera Western Central Pacific 1922
Amphiophiura superba Indo-Pacific and Northwes 1899
Amphiophiura trifolium Western Central Pacific 1927
Amphiophiura urbana Southwest Pacific 1904
Amphitarsus spinifer Southwest Pacific
Anthophiura axiologa Southwest Pacific
Anthophiura granulatus Western Central Pacific 1939
Anthophiura ingolfi Western Central Pacific a 1930
Homalophiura falcifera Western Central Pacific a
Homalophiura tesselata Western Central Pacific a
Ophiernus vallincola Antarctic Indian Ocean an 1878
Ophiocten abyssicolum Atlantic and the Mediterr 1843
Ophiocten affinis Northeast Atlantic 1858
Ophiocten amitinum Rasberry brittle star Southeast Pacific, Southw 1878
Ophiocten culveri Southeast Pacific, Southw 1924
Ophiocten doederleini Southern Ocean. 1926
Ophiocten dubium Southern Ocean. 1900
Ophiocten hastatum Pacific Ocean and the Ant 1878
Ophiocten ludwigi Antarctic Atlantic 1908
Ophiocten megaloplax Southern Ocean. 1900
Ophiocten pallidum Antarctic Indian Ocean 1878
Ophiocten scutatum Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ophiocten sericeum Antarctic, Northeast Atla 1852
Ophiocten ultimum Antarctic Indian Ocean 1926
Ophioctenella acies Northeast Atlantic. 1995
Ophiogona doederleini Southern Ocean. 1901
Ophiogona laevigata Antarctic Indian Ocean 1876
Ophiolepis ailsae Western Central Atlantic. 1987
Ophiolepis cardioplax Western Pacific 1943
Ophiolepis cincta Indo-Pacific. 1 WD 1842
Ophiolepis crassa Eastern Pacific. 1932
Ophiolepis elegans Elegant brittle star Western Central Atlantic. 1859
Ophiolepis gemma Western Central Atlantic 1987
Ophiolepis grisea Eastern Pacific. 1940
Ophiolepis impressa Western Central Atlantic 1859
Ophiolepis irregularis Indo-West Pacific 1888
Ophiolepis kieri Western Central Atlantic. 1979
Ophiolepis pacifica Eastern Pacific 1856
Ophiolepis paucispina Western Central Atlantic 1825
Ophiolepis pawsoni Western Central Atlantic 1988
Ophiolepis plateia Eastern Pacific 1940
Ophiolepis rugosa Western Central Pacific 1922
Ophiolepis superba Banded brittle starfish Indo-West Pacific 2.7 WD 1915
Ophiolepis unicolor Eastern Indian Ocean 1938
Ophiolepis variegata Eastern Pacific. 1856
Ophiolipus granulatus Western Pacific 1897
Ophiomastus meridionalis Antarctic Atlantic 1879
Ophiomastus serratus Antarctic. 1936
Ophiomastus tegulitius Western Pacific 1878
Ophiomisidium speciosum Antarctic Indian Ocean 1914
Ophiomusium cancellatum Western Central Atlantic. 1878
Ophiomusium corticosum Western Pacific 1878
Ophiomusium eburneum Southwest Atlantic 1869
Ophiomusium facetum Western Central Pacific 1922
Ophiomusium facundum Western Central Pacific 1922
Ophiomusium glabrum Eastern Pacific. 1899
Ophiomusium luetkeni Western Central Pacific 1878
Ophiomusium lymani Pacific Ocean, Arctic and 1873
Ophiomusium scalare Indo-West Pacific 1878
Ophiomusium simplex Western Pacific 1878
Ophionotus hexactis Antarctic 1876
Ophionotus victoriae Antarctic. 1902
Ophiopenia disacantha Antarctic. 1911
Ophiopenia tetracantha Antarctic. 1911
Ophioperla koehleri Antarctic. 1908
Ophiophyllum novaecaledonia Western Central Pacific 1991
Ophiophyllum petilum Western Pacific 1878
Ophiopleura borealis Northeast Atlantic and th
Ophiopleura inermis Northwest Atlantic. 1878
Ophioplinthus brevirima Southern Ocean. 1936
Ophioplinthus carinata Antarctic Indian Ocean 1876
Ophioplinthus gelida Southern Ocean. 1901
Ophioplinthus grisea Antarctic Indian Ocean 1878
Ophioplinthus inornata Southeast Pacific and the 1878
Ophioplinthus intorta Antarctic Indian Ocean 1878
Ophioplinthus martensi Southern Ocean. 1885
Ophioplinthus medusa Antarctic Indian Ocean 1878
Ophioplinthus partita Antarctic Atlantic 1908
Ophioplinthus relegata Antarctic. 1922
Ophioplinthus scissa Antarctic Atlantic 1908
Ophioplinthus tuberosa Antarctic Atlantic 1936
Ophioplinthus tumescens Southern Ocean. 1922
Ophioplocus declinans Western Central Pacific 1904
Ophioplocus esmarki Eastern Pacific 15 WD 1874
Ophioplocus imbricata Eastern Pacific
Ophioplocus imbricatus Indo-West Pacific 2.3 WD 1842
Ophioplocus incipiens Southern Ocean. 1922
Ophioplocus japonicus Japanese smooth brittle star Northwest Pacific 1911
Ophiopyrgus biocalae Western Central Pacific 1991
Ophiopyrgus trispinosus Western Central Pacific 1904
Ophiosparte gigas Southern Ocean. 1922
Ophiosteira antarctica Antarctic Atlantic 1902
Ophiosteira debitor Southern Ocean. 1922
Ophiosteira echinulata Southern Ocean. 1922
Ophiosteira rotundata Antarctic. 1922
Ophiotylos brevipes Northwest Pacific 1978
Ophiotylos leucus Western Central Pacific 1943
Ophiotypa simplex Western Central Pacific 1897
Ophiozona antillarum Western Central Pacific
Ophiozona depressa Western Central Pacific
Ophiozona dubia Western Central Pacific
Ophiozona insularia Western Central Pacific
Ophiozona nivea Western Central Pacific
Ophiozona pacifica Western Central Pacific
Ophiozona stellata Western Central Pacific
Ophiozona tessellata Western Central Pacific
Ophiozonella alba Eastern Pacific 1899
Ophiozonella bispinosa Western Central Pacific 1897
Ophiozonella falklandica Southeast Pacific 1936
Ophiozonella longispina Southeast Pacific
Ophiozonella media Western Central Pacific 1904
Ophiozonella molesta Western Central Pacific 1904
Ophiozonella stellata Indo-West Pacific 1878
Ophiozonella subtilis Western Central Pacific 1922
Ophiura acervata Western Atlantic
Ophiura aequalis Western Central Pacific 1878
Ophiura albida Serpent's table brittlestar Northeast Atlantic and th 1839
Ophiura ambigua Southeast Pacific and Ant 1878
Ophiura atacta Southeast Pacific and Ant
Ophiura aurantiaca Southeast Pacific and Ant
Ophiura bathybia Northeast Pacific. 1911
Ophiura brevispinosa Antarctic Indian Ocean 1915
Ophiura carnea Atlantic and the Mediterr 1858
Ophiura clemens Southwest Atlantic 1904
Ophiura cryptolepis Northeast Pacific. 1911
Ophiura ctenophora Western Central Pacific 1909
Ophiura flagellata Pacific Ocean, Northwest 1878
Ophiura flexibilis Antarctic 1911
Ophiura fluctuans Western Central Pacific 1922
Ophiura fraterna Antarctic Indian Ocean 1878
Ophiura grubei Atlantic and the Mediterr 1863
Ophiura irrorata Indo-Pacific and Antarcti 1878
Ophiura kinbergi Indo-Pacific. 0.3 WD 1866
Ophiura kofoidi Indo-Pacific. 1909
Ophiura lanceolata Northwest Pacific 1930
Ophiura leptoctenia Northeast Pacific. 1911
Ophiura lienosa Antarctic Indian Ocean 1878
Ophiura ljungmani Off Bermuda. 1878
Ophiura luetkenii Gray brittle star Eastern Pacific 1860
Ophiura maculata Arctic
Ophiura micracantha Western Pacific 1911
Ophiura mimaria Antarctic 1908
Ophiura nana Eastern Pacific 1899
Ophiura ophiura Serpent brittle star Atlantic and the Mediterr 1758
Ophiura pteracantha Western Pacific 1982
Ophiura quadrispina Western Pacific
Ophiura robusta Northern Atlantic and the 1851
Ophiura rouchi Antarctic. 1912
Ophiura sarsii Notched brittle star Arctic, Northern Pacific 1855
Ophiura signata Arctic and Northwest Atla
Ophiura squamosa Western Central Pacific 1979
Ophiura stellata Eastern Indian Ocean 1882
Ophiura texturata Northeast Atlantic
Ophiura verrucosa Antarctic Indian Ocean 1876
Perlophiura profundissima Western Central Pacific 1972
Sinophiura multispina Western Pacific 1922
Spinophiura jolliveti Pacific Ocean. 2006
Stegophiura carinata Northeast Pacific. 1954
Stegophiura elevata Antarctic Indian Ocean 1878
Stegophiura hainanensis Northwest Pacific 1995
Stegophiura nodosa Northern Atlantic and the
Stegophiura sladeni Northwest Pacific 1879
Stegophiura sterilis Northwest Pacific 1922
Stegophiura stuwitzii Northwest Pacific
Stegophiura vivipara Northwest Pacific 1915



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