Ophioderma (echinoderm) explained

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

Species

It includes the following species:^[1]

• Ophioderma africanum Stöhr, Weber, Boissin & Chenuil, 2020
• Ophioderma anitae Hotchkiss, 1982
• Ophioderma appressum (Say, 1825)
• Ophioderma besnardi Tommasi, 1970
• Ophioderma brevicaudum Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma brevispinum (Say, 1825)
• Ophioderma cinereum Muller and Troschel, 1842
• Ophioderma devaneyi Hendler and Miller, 1984
• Ophioderma divae Tommasi, 1970
• Ophioderma elaps Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma ensiferum hendler and Miller, 1984
• Ophioderma guineense Greeff, 1882
• Ophioderma guttatum Lütken, 1859
• Ophioderma holmesii (Lyman, 1860)
• Ophioderma hybridum Stöhr, Weber, Boissin & Chenuil, 2020
• Ophioderma januarii Lütken, 1856
• Ophioderma longicaudum (Bruzelius, 1805)
• Ophioderma occultum Humara-Gil et al., 2022^[2]
• Ophioderma pallidum (Verrill, 1899)
• Ophioderma panamense Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma pentacanthum H.L. Clark, 1917
• Ophioderma peruanum Pineda-Enriquez, Solis-Marin, Hooker & Laguarda-Figueras, 2013
• Ophioderma phoenium H.L. Clark, 1918
• Ophioderma propiniquum Koehler, 1895
• Ophioderma rubicundum Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma sodipallaresi Caso, 1985
• Ophioderma squamosissimum Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma teres (Lyman, 1860)
• Ophioderma tonganum Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma vansyoci hendler, 1996
• Ophioderma variegatum Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma wahlbergii Muller and Troschel, 1842
• Ophioderma zibrowii Stöhr, Weber, Boissin & Chenuil, 2020

Notes and References

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. . Overlooked for over a century: Ophioderma occultum sp. nov. (Echinodermata), a new species of brittle star from the Eastern Pacific . Journal of Natural History . 2022 . 56 . 5–8 . 365–384 . 10.1080/00222933.2022.2071179.