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Ophiura

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Ophiura sp.

Arfoud, Arfoud Cercle, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Ophiura sp.

Arfoud, Arfoud Cercle, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Ophiura sp.

Arfoud, Arfoud Cercle, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2277142	https://www.gbif.org/species/2277142
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	31579	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31579

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : Ophiura

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : Ophiura

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Asterozoa	von Zittel 1895
class	Ophiuroidea	Gray 1840
order	Ophiurida
family	Ophiuridae	Lyman 1865
genus	Ophiura	Lamarck 1801

Scientific Name

Ophiura Lamarck, 1801

Name Published In

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. 1801. Systême des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau Général des Classes, des Ordres et des Genres de ces Animaux; Présentant Leurs Caractères Essentiels et Leur Distribution, d'Après la Considération de Leurs Rapports Naturels et de Leur Organisation, et Suivant l'Arrangement Établi dans les Galeries du Muséum d'Hist. Naturelle, Parmi Leurs Dépouilles Conservées; Précédé du Discours d'Ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, Donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'An 8 de la République. Déterville, Paris.: i–viii; 1–432.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ophiura	genus	belongs to Ophiurinae	stated without evidence	Lyman, 1865
Ophiura	genus	belongs to Ophiomastinae	stated with evidence	Matsumoto, 1915
Ophiura	genus	belongs to Ophiomastinae	stated without evidence	Wolburg, 1939
Ophiura	genus	belongs to Ophiolepididae	stated without evidence	Berry, 1941
Ophiura	genus	belongs to Ophiurinae	stated with evidence	Spencer and Wright, 1966
Ophiura	genus	belongs to Ophiurida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ophiura	genus	belongs to Ophiuridae	stated with evidence	Stöhr et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (6.5%)

First Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Environment

marine (based on Ophiuroidea)

Motility

slow-moving (based on Ophiuroidea)

Vision

blind (based on Ophiuroidea)

Diet

detritivore, suspension feeder (based on Ophiuroidea)

Reproduction

dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Ophiuroidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. -B. Lamarck. 1801. Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. 8:1-432

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ophiura (Aspidura) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Ophioglypha bridgerensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ophioglypha paronai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophioglypha pulchra ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ophioglypha utahensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ophiura acervata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura achatae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura aequalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura aequatoris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura albata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura albida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura ambigua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura amphitrites species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura anoidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura arntzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura astonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	199 Ma Early Jurassic	176 Ma Early Jurassic
Ophiura atacta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura bartonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura bathybia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura bognoriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura brevispinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura bridgerensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura caledonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura calyptolepis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura carinifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura carnea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura carpelloides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura clemens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura costata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura crassa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura cretacea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ophiura cryptolepis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura ctenophora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura cunliffei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura davisi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura euryplax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura falcifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura fallax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura figurata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura flagellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura flexibilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura floscellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura fluctuans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura fraterna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura furiae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura gagara species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura graysonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Ophiura grubei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura hendleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Ophiura imbecillis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura imprudens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura innoxia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura integra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura jejuna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura kinbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura kofoidi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura koreni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura kunradeca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura kurilensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura lanceolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura lenticularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura leptoctenia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura lienosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura ljungmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura luetkenii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura lutkeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura lymani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura maculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura marylandica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Ophiura micracantha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura migrans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura mimaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura minuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura mitescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura moniliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura monostoecha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura mundata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura nana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura neglecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura nitida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura olifex ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura ooplax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura ophiura species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Ophiura ossiculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura palliata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura parviformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura paucilepis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Ophiura paucisquama species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura plana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura platyacantha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura podica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura pompophora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura pteracantha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura quadrispina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura robusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura rondeletii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura rouchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura rugosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura sarsii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura saurura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura schmidtotti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura scomba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura scutellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura scutellum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura scutulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiotitanos serrata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Ophiura spinicantha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura squamosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura stellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura stenobrachia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura sternbergica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Ophiura straini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ophiura tenera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura texana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ophiura tinurtiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	176 Ma Early Jurassic	176 Ma Early Jurassic
Ophiura travisana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ophiura trimeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura umitakamaruae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura undulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura utahensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura verrucosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura vindobonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura violainae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiura wetherelli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ophiura zebra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Ophioglyphina Ludwig, 1886	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophioglyphina*
Ophioglypina Ludwig, 1886	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophioglypina*
Ophioplypha Ludwig, 1899	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophioplypha*
Dictenophiura H.L.Clark, 1923	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Dictenophiura*
Ophyoglupha Clark, 1915	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophyoglupha*
Ophyoglypha Lyman, 1871	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophyoglypha*
Ophioglypha Lyman, 1860	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophioglypha*
Ophioglypa Delage & Hérouard, 1903	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophioglypa*
Ophiglypha Zimmermann, 1907	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophiglypha*
Ophuira McClendon, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophuira*
Ophiozea A.H.Clark, 1920	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophiozea*
Ophiuroglypha Hertz, 1927	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : *Ophiuroglypha*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1801	Ophiura Lamarck
1860	Ophioglypha Lyman
1865	Ophiura Lyman
1915	Ophioglypha Clark and Twitchell p. 29
1915	Ophiura Matsumoto p. 76
1939	Ophiura Wolburg p. 24

Year	Name and Author
1941	Ophiura Berry p. 61
1957	Ophiura (Ophioglypha) Barbier et al.
1966	Ophiura Spencer and Wright p. U95
2002	Ophiura Sepkoski, Jr.
2011	Ophiura Stöhr et al. p. 115

References

Lamarck J. -B. Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux 8, 1-432

Clark W. B., Twitchell M. W. (1915) The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54, 1-341

Matsumoto H. (1915) A new classification of Ophiuroidea: with description of genera and species, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67, 43-92

Berry C.T. (1941) Cretaceous ophiurans from Texas, Journal of Paleontology 15 1, 61-67

Barbier R., Debelmas J., et al (1957) Découverte d'Ophiuridés dans le Rhétien intraalpin de la région d'Orcières (Hautes-Alpes), Travaux du Laboratoire de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Grenoble 33, 105-111

Spencer W. K., Wright C.W. (1966) Asterozoans, Moore R.C. ed, Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Echinodermata, University of Kansas Press and the Geological Society of America 3 1, U4-U107

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Stöhr S., Jagt J. W. M., et al (2011) Ophiura paucilepis, a new species of brittlestar (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Pliocene of the southern North Sea Basin, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 130, 113-121

WoRMS (2013) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Hansson, G, Samuelsson, Cedhagen & Strand (2013) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Tagghudingar–svalgsträngsdjur. Echinodermata– Hemichordata. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Anna Karlsson (tagghudingar) (2004) [Titel saknas] - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. - via World Register of Marine Species

Melville, R. V. (1980). Opinion 1152. Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 and Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Ophiuroidea): ruling on application of these names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 37(2): 78-80. - via World Register of Marine Species

Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. - via World Register of Marine Species

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1152 Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 and Ophioderma M?ller & Troschel, 1840 (Ophiuroidea): ruling on application of these names.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 37, 78-80 (1980) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar, 48. Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Spencer, W. K., and C. W. Wright / Durham, J. Wyatt, et al. / Moore, Raymond C., ed., 1966: Asterozoans. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, vol. 1. U4-U107. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Fell, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syst. Anim. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 2002: null. Invertebrates, Second Edition. xx + 936. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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