Ophioderma (echinoderm)

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Ophioderma
Ophioderma longicaudum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiacanthida
Family: Ophiodermatidae
Genus: Ophioderma
Müller & Troschel, 1840

Ophioderma is a genus of brittle stars in the family Ophiodermatidae.

Species[edit]

It includes the following species:[1]

Ophioderma brevispina
Chocolate brittle star (Ophioderma cinerea)
Ophioderma panamense
Ophioderma egertoni, Early Jurassic

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2020-11-01.
  2. ^ Humara-Gil, Karla J.; Granja-Fernández, Rebeca; Bautista-Guerrero, Eric; Rodríguez-Troncoso, Alma P. (2022). "Overlooked for over a century: Ophioderma occultum sp. nov. (Echinodermata), a new species of brittle star from the Eastern Pacific". Journal of Natural History. 56 (5–8): 365–384. doi:10.1080/00222933.2022.2071179.