Biology:Ophidiaster

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Short description: Genus of starfishes

Ophidiaster
A image of a starfish, the ophidiaster ophidianius
Ophidiaster ophidianus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Ophidiaster
Agassiz, 1836

Ophidiaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophidiasteridae.[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:[1]

  • Ophidiaster agassizi Perrier, 1881
  • Ophidiaster alexandri Verrill, 1915
  • Ophidiaster arenatus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Ophidiaster armatus Koehler, 1910
  • Ophidiaster attenuatus Perrier, 1869
  • Ophidiaster bayeri A.H.Clark, 1948
  • Ophidiaster bicolor (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Ophidiaster bullisi (Downey, 1970)
  • Ophidiaster chinensis Perrier, 1875
  • Ophidiaster colossus Mah, 2021
  • Ophidiaster confertus H.L.Clark, 1916
  • Ophidiaster cribrarius Lütken, 1871
  • Ophidiaster davidsoni de Loriol & Pellat, 1874
  • Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885
  • Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871
  • Ophidiaster guildingi Gray, 1840
  • Ophidiaster helicostichus Sladen, 1889
  • Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
  • Ophidiaster kermadecensis Benham, 1911
  • Ophidiaster lorioli Fisher, 1906
  • Ophidiaster ludwigi deLoriol, 1900
  • Ophidiaster macknighti H.E.S.Clark, 1962
  • Ophidiaster multispinus Liao & A.M.Clark, 1996
  • Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Ophidiaster perplexus A.H.Clark, 1954
  • Ophidiaster perrieri de Loriol, 1885
  • Ophidiaster reyssi Sibuet, 1977
  • Ophidiaster rhabdotus Fisher, 1906
  • Ophidiaster tuberifer Sladen, 1889

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3467527 entry