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''

References

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Ophiuridae
Ophiuroidea genera