Ophiura
Ophiura is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophiuridae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Taxonomy
The following extant species are known:- Ophiura acervata
- Ophiura aequalis
- Ophiura albata
- Ophiura albida
- Ophiura amphitrites
- Ophiura annulata
- Ophiura anoidea
- Ophiura atacta
- Ophiura bathybia
- Ophiura caledonica
- Ophiura calyptolepis
- Ophiura carnea
- Ophiura carpelloides
- Ophiura clemens
- Ophiura crassa
- Ophiura cryptolepis
- Ophiura ctenophora
- Ophiura cunliffei
- Ophiura elongata
- Ophiura estarensis
- Ophiura falcifera
- Ophiura fallax
- Ophiura figurata
- Ophiura flagellata
- Ophiura flexibilis
- Ophiura floscellata
- Ophiura fluctuans
- Ophiura fraterna
- Ophiura gagara
- Ophiura grubei
- Ophiura imbecillis
- Ophiura imprudens
- Ophiura indica
- Ophiura innoxia
- Ophiura integra
- Ophiura kofoidi
- Ophiura koreni
- Ophiura kunradeca
- Ophiura kurilensis
- Ophiura lanceolata
- Ophiura lenticularis
- Ophiura leptoctenia
- Ophiura lienosa
- Ophiura ljungmani
- Ophiura luetkenii
- Ophiura lutkeni
- Ophiura maculata
- Ophiura micracantha
- Ophiura migrans
- Ophiura mimaria
- Ophiura minuta
- Ophiura mitescens
- Ophiura monostoecha
- Ophiura mundata
- Ophiura nana
- Ophiura neglecta
- Ophiura nitida
- Ophiura olifex
- Ophiura ooplax
- Ophiura ophiura
- Ophiura palliata
- Ophiura paucisquama
- Ophiura platyacantha
- Ophiura podica
- Ophiura prisca
- Ophiura pteracantha
- Ophiura quadrispina
- Ophiura robusta
- Ophiura rondeletii
- Ophiura rouchi
- Ophiura sarsii
- Ophiura saurura
- Ophiura scutellata
- Ophiura scutulata
- Ophiura spinicantha
- Ophiura squamosa
- Ophiura stellata
- Ophiura stenobrachia
- Ophiura tenera
- Ophiura tenorii
- Ophiura trimeni
- Ophiura umitakamaruae
- Ophiura undulata
- Ophiura ventrocarinata
- Ophiura verrucosa
- Ophiura violainae
- ''Ophiura zebra''
Fossil species
The following definitive fossil species are known. The genus dates back to at least the Early Paleocene with O. achatae:- Ophiura achatae
- Ophiura bartonensis
- Ophiura bognoriensis
- Ophiura costata
- Ophiura furiae
- Ophiura hendleri
- Ophiura marylandica
- Ophiura paucilepis
- Ophiura pohangensis Ishida et al., 2022
- ?Ophiura sternbergica
- ''Ophiura wetherelli''
Former fossil species
The following species, dating back to the Early Jurassic, were originally placed in Ophiura but are now thought to belong to a different subdivision, or are at least known to not actually belong to the genus:- Ophiura astonensis
- Ophiura bridgerensis
- Ophiura cretacea Guéranger, 1853
- Ophiura graysonensis
- Ophiura davisi
- Ophiura parviformis
- Ophiura straini
- Ophiura texana
- Ophiura tinurtiensis
- Ophiura travisana
- Ophiura utahensis
- ''Ophiura vindobonensis''