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Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867

152490  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152490)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Ophiacanthida (Order)
  10. Ophiodermatina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiocomoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiocomidae (Family)
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Family
Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1836 (type by original designation)
Ophiocominae · unaccepted (removed by O'Hara et al., 2017)

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  1. Genus Breviturma Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013
    1. Species Breviturma brevipes (Peters, 1851)
    2. Species Breviturma dentata (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    3. Species Breviturma doederleini (de Loriol, 1899)
    4. Species Breviturma krohi (Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013)
    5. Species Breviturma longispina (H.L. Clark, 1917)
    6. Species Breviturma paucigranulata (Devaney, 1974)
    7. Species Breviturma pica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    8. Species Breviturma pusilla (Brock, 1888)
  2. Genus Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1836
    1. Species Ophiocoma aethiops Lütken, 1859
    2. Species Ophiocoma anaglyptica Ely, 1944
    3. Species Ophiocoma cynthiae Benavides-Serrato & O'Hara, 2008
    4. Species Ophiocoma echinata (Lamarck, 1816)
    5. Species Ophiocoma erinaceus Müller & Troschel, 1842
    6. Species Ophiocoma schoenleinii Müller & Troschel, 1842
    7. Species Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)
    8. Species Ophiocoma trindadensis Serrano, Damiano, Alitto & Borges, 2023
    9. Subgenus Ophiocoma (Breviturma) Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013 accepted as Breviturma Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013 (raised to genus level)
      1. Species Ophiocoma (Breviturma) brevipes Peters, 1851 accepted as Breviturma brevipes (Peters, 1851) (raised to genus level)
      2. Species Ophiocoma (Breviturma) dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Breviturma dentata (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (raised to genus level)
      3. Species Ophiocoma (Breviturma) doederleini de Loriol, 1899 accepted as Breviturma doederleini (de Loriol, 1899)
      4. Species Ophiocoma (Breviturma) krohi Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013 accepted as Breviturma krohi (Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013)
    10. Species Ophiocoma aegyptiaca Soliman, 1991 accepted as Ophiocoma pusilla (Brock, 1888) (synonymized by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    11. Species Ophiocoma alexandri Lyman, 1860 accepted as Ophiocomella alexandri (Lyman, 1860) (transferred to Ophiocomella by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    12. Species Ophiocoma alternans von Martens, 1870 accepted as Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
    13. Species Ophiocoma alternans Endean, 1964 accepted as Ophiocoma endeani Rowe & Pawson, 1977 (junior homonym of O. alternans v. Martens, 1870)
    14. Species Ophiocoma arctica Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
    15. Species Ophiocoma balli W. Thomson, 1840 accepted as Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840) (synonym)
    16. Species Ophiocoma bellis (Fleming, 1828) accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
    17. Species Ophiocoma bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
    18. Species Ophiocoma bollonsi Farquhar, 1908 accepted as Clarkcoma bollonsi (Farquhar, 1908)
    19. Species Ophiocoma brachiata (Montagu, 1804) accepted as Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804) (synonym)
    20. Species Ophiocoma brevipes Peters, 1851 accepted as Breviturma brevipes (Peters, 1851) (transferred to new subgenus, later raised to genus)
      1. Subspecies Ophiocoma brevipes dentata (H.L. Clark, 1921) accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
      2. Subspecies Ophiocoma brevipes doederleini (H.L. Clark, 1921) accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
      3. Variety Ophiocoma brevipes var. insularia Lyman, 1862 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
      4. Variety Ophiocoma brevipes var. longispina H.L. Clark, 1917 accepted as Ophiocoma longispina H.L. Clark, 1917
      5. Variety Ophiocoma brevipes var. variegata Smith, 1876 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
    21. Species Ophiocoma brevispinosa Smith, 1876 accepted as Ophiocoma brevipes Peters, 1851
    22. Species Ophiocoma canaliculata Lütken, 1869 accepted as Clarkcoma canaliculata (Lütken, 1869)
      1. Subspecies Ophiocoma canaliculata pulchra H.L. Clark, 1928 accepted as Clarkcoma pulchra (H.L. Clark, 1928)
      2. Variety Ophiocoma canaliculata var. pulchra H.L. Clark, 1928 represented as Ophiocoma canaliculata pulchra H.L. Clark, 1928
    23. Species Ophiocoma crassispina (Say, 1825) accepted as Ophiocoma echinata (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
    24. Species Ophiocoma delicata H.L. Clark, 1932 accepted as Ophiarachna delicata (H.L. Clark, 1932)
    25. Species Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Breviturma dentata (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (transferred to new subgenus, later raised to genus)
    26. Species Ophiocoma didelphys Wyville Thomson, 1876 accepted as Ophiacantha vivipara Ljungman, 1871 (synonym)
    27. Species Ophiocoma doederleini de Loriol, 1899 accepted as Breviturma doederleini (de Loriol, 1899) (transferred to new subgenus, later raised to genus)
    28. Species Ophiocoma echinulata Forbes, 1852 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym)
    29. Species Ophiocoma endeani Rowe & Pawson, 1977 accepted as Ophiomastix endeani (Rowe & Pawson, 1977) (transferred to Ophiomastix by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    30. Species Ophiocoma filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
    31. Species Ophiocoma goodsiri Forbes, 1841 accepted as Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840) (synonym)
    32. Species Ophiocoma granulata Forbes, 1839 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
    33. Species Ophiocoma insularia Lyman, 1861 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
      1. Variety Ophiocoma insularia var. longispina H.L. Clark, 1917 accepted as Ophiocoma longispina H.L. Clark, 1917
    34. Species Ophiocoma isocantha (Say, 1825) accepted as Ophiostigma isocanthum (Say, 1825)
    35. Species Ophiocoma krohi Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013 accepted as Breviturma krohi (Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013) (original subgenus Breviturma raised to genus, invalidates combination with genus Ophiocoma)
    36. Species Ophiocoma latilanxa Murakami, 1943 accepted as Ophiocoma pusilla (Brock, 1888)
    37. Species Ophiocoma lineolata Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiocoma pica Müller & Troschel, 1842
    38. Species Ophiocoma longispina H.L. Clark, 1917 accepted as Breviturma longispina (H.L. Clark, 1917) (transferred to Breviturma by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    39. Species Ophiocoma lubrica Koehler, 1898 accepted as Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
    40. Species Ophiocoma macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) accepted as Ophiomastix macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) (transferred to Ophiomastix by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    41. Species Ophiocoma minuta Forbes, 1839 accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
    42. Species Ophiocoma molaris Lyman, 1861 accepted as Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)
    43. Species Ophiocoma neglecta (Johnston, 1835) accepted as Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination, synonymised by Forbes (1843))
    44. Species Ophiocoma nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym acc. to Mortensen (1927))
    45. Species Ophiocoma nigru (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (most likely a spelling error of uncertain origin)
    46. Species Ophiocoma nilssoni Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
    47. Species Ophiocoma occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Ophiomastix occidentalis (H.L. Clark, 1938) (transferred to Ophiomastix by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    48. Species Ophiocoma ocellata v. Martens, 1867 accepted as Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym acc. to H.L. Clark (1915))
    49. Species Ophiocoma papillosa Lyman, 1875 accepted as Ophiopteris papillosa (Lyman, 1875)
    50. Species Ophiocoma parva H.L. Clark, 1915 accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
    51. Species Ophiocoma paucigranulata Devaney, 1974 accepted as Breviturma paucigranulata (Devaney, 1974) (transferred by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    52. Species Ophiocoma pica Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Breviturma pica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (transferred to Breviturma by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    53. Species Ophiocoma picta Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarthrum pictum (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    54. Species Ophiocoma pulchra H.L. Clark, 1928 accepted as Clarkcoma pulchra (H.L. Clark, 1928) (moved to Clarkcoma)
    55. Species Ophiocoma pumila Lütken, 1856 accepted as Ophiocomella pumila (Lütken, 1856) (transferred to Ophiocomella by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    56. Species Ophiocoma punctata Forbes, 1841 accepted as Paramphiura punctata (Forbes, 1841) (synonym)
    57. Species Ophiocoma punctata Koehler, 1930 accepted as Clarkcoma pulchra (H.L. Clark, 1928) (synonym)
    58. Species Ophiocoma pusilla (Brock, 1888) accepted as Breviturma pusilla (Brock, 1888) (transferred to Breviturma by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    59. Species Ophiocoma raschi G.O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
    60. Species Ophiocoma riisei Lütken, 1856 accepted as Ophiocoma wendtii Müller & Troschel, 1842
    61. Species Ophiocoma rosula Forbes, 1839 accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
    62. Species Ophiocoma sannio Lyman, 1861 accepted as Ophiocoma pica Müller & Troschel, 1842
    63. Species Ophiocoma schoenleini Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiocoma schoenleinii Müller & Troschel, 1842
    64. Species Ophiocoma similanensis Bussarawit & Rowe, 1985 accepted as Ophiocoma erinaceus Müller & Troschel, 1842 (junior synonym)
    65. Species Ophiocoma tartarea Lyman, 1861 accepted as Ophiocoma erinaceus Müller & Troschel, 1842
    66. Species Ophiocoma ternispina von Martens, 1870 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
    67. Species Ophiocoma tumida Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophioderma longicaudum (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym)
    68. Species Ophiocoma valenciae Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiocomella valenciae (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (transferred to Ophiocomella by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    69. Species Ophiocoma variabilis Grube, 1857 accepted as Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
    70. Species Ophiocoma variegata E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Ophiocoma dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
    71. Species Ophiocoma wendti Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiocoma wendtii Müller & Troschel, 1842
    72. Species Ophiocoma wendtii Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiomastix wendtii (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (transferred to Ophiomastix by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    73. Species Ophiocoma marmorata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unclear status)
    74. Species Ophiocoma squamata (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > nomen dubium, synonym of Ophiura squamata, but real status unknown)
  3. Genus Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939
    1. Species Ophiocomella alexandri (Lyman, 1860)
    2. Species Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H.L. Clark, 1900)
    3. Species Ophiocomella pumila (Lütken, 1856)
    4. Species Ophiocomella schmitti A.H. Clark, 1939
    5. Species Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
    6. Species Ophiocomella valenciae (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    7. Species Ophiocomella caribbaea A.H. Clark, 1939 accepted as Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H.L. Clark, 1900) (synonymized by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    8. Species Ophiocomella clippertoni A.H. Clark, 1939 accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
    9. Species Ophiocomella gorgoni (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    10. Species Ophiocomella parva (H.L. Clark, 1915) accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887) (synonym)
    11. Species Ophiocomella schultzi A.H. Clark, 1941 accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
  4. Genus Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842
    1. Species Ophiomastix annulosa (Lamarck, 1816)
    2. Species Ophiomastix asperula Lütken, 1869
    3. Species Ophiomastix brocki O'Hara in O'Hara et al., 2018
    4. Species Ophiomastix caryophyllata Lütken, 1869
    5. Species Ophiomastix corallicola H.L. Clark, 1915
    6. Species Ophiomastix elegans (Peters, 1851)
    7. Species Ophiomastix endeani (Rowe & Pawson, 1977)
    8. Species Ophiomastix flaccida Lyman, 1874
    9. Species Ophiomastix janualis Lyman, 1871
    10. Species Ophiomastix koehleri Devaney, 1977
    11. Species Ophiomastix lymani (de Loriol, 1893)
    12. Species Ophiomastix macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915)
    13. Species Ophiomastix marshallensis Devaney, 1978
    14. Species Ophiomastix mixta Lütken, 1869
    15. Species Ophiomastix occidentalis (H.L. Clark, 1938)
    16. Species Ophiomastix ornata Koehler, 1905
    17. Species Ophiomastix palaoensis Murakami, 1943
    18. Species Ophiomastix pictum (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    19. Species Ophiomastix stenozonula Devaney, 1974
    20. Species Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905
    21. Species Ophiomastix venosa Peters, 1851
    22. Species Ophiomastix wendtii (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    23. Subgenus Ophiomastix (Acantharachna) accepted as Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type species synonymized)
      1. Species Ophiomastix (Acantharachna) mirabilis Smith, 1878 accepted as Ophiomastix flaccida Lyman, 1874
    24. Species Ophiomastix bispinosa H.L. Clark, 1917 accepted as Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905
    25. Species Ophiomastix elegans Brock, 1888 accepted as Ophiomastix brocki O'Hara in O'Hara et al., 2018 (Homonym after transfer of Ophiarthrum elegans to Ophiomastix by O'Hara et al. (2019))
    26. Species Ophiomastix luetkeni Pfeffer, 1900 accepted as Ophiomastix janualis Lyman, 1871
    27. Species Ophiomastix notabilis H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905
    28. Species Ophiomastix pusilla Brock, 1888 accepted as Ophiocoma pusilla (Brock, 1888)
    29. Species Ophiomastix sexradiata A.H. Clark, 1952 accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
    30. Species Ophiomastix australis (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  5. Genus Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851 accepted as Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842 (Synonymized by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    1. Species Ophiarthrum elegans Peters, 1851 accepted as Ophiomastix elegans (Peters, 1851) (transferred to Ophiomastix by O'Hara et al. (2018))
      1. Subspecies Ophiarthrum elegans unicolor H.L. Clark, 1932 accepted as Ophiarthrum elegans Peters, 1851
      2. Variety Ophiarthrum elegans var. unicolor H.L. Clark, 1932 represented as Ophiarthrum elegans unicolor H.L. Clark, 1932
    2. Species Ophiarthrum lymani de Loriol, 1893 accepted as Ophiomastix lymani (de Loriol, 1893) (transferred to Ophiomastix by O'Hara et al. (2018))
    3. Species Ophiarthrum pictum (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Ophiomastix pictum (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (transferred to Ophiomastix by O'Hara et al. (2018))
  6. Subfamily Ophiocominae accepted as Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867 (removed by O'Hara et al., 2017)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description The most dominant family in the tropics. Jaws triangular with numerous lateral papillae along the edge of the oral plates,...  
Description The most dominant family in the tropics. Jaws triangular with numerous lateral papillae along the edge of the oral plates, and with a cluster of papillae at the apex of each jaw. Richmond 1997 <282>. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152490 on 2024-07-05
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Cuvelier, Daphne
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Stöhr, Sabine
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Stöhr, Sabine
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context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]   

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Description The most dominant family in the tropics. Jaws triangular with numerous lateral papillae along the edge of the oral plates, and with a cluster of papillae at the apex of each jaw. Richmond 1997 <282>. [details]

Remark In order Chylophiurida in Devaney 1970. [details]
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Japanese フサクモヒトデ科  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiocominae) (from synonym Ophiocominae)
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