Species under Ophiura
n= 36
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Ophiura acervata
unspecified
Western Atlantic
Ophiura aequalis
Lyman, 1878
Western Central Pacific
Ophiura albida
Forbes, 1839
Serpent's table brittlestar Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Ophiura ambigua
(Lyman, 1878)
Southeast Pacific and Antarctic
Ophiura bathybia
Clark, 1911
Northeast Pacific
Ophiura brevispinosa
Clark, 1915
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ophiura carnea
Lütken, 1858
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Ophiura clemens
(Koehler, 1904)
Southwest Atlantic
Ophiura cryptolepis
Clark, 1911
Northeast Pacific
Ophiura ctenophora
(Clark, 1909)
Western Central Pacific
Ophiura flagellata
(Lyman, 1878)
Pacific Ocean, Northwest Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic
Ophiura flexibilis
(Koehler, 1911)
Antarctic
Ophiura fluctuans
Koehler, 1922
Western Central Pacific
Ophiura fraterna
(Lyman, 1878)
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ophiura grubei
Heller, 1863
Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Ophiura irrorata
(Lyman, 1878)
Indo-Pacific and Antarctic
Ophiura kinbergi
Ljungman, 1866
Indo-Pacific 0.3
Ophiura lanceolata
Clark, 1930
Northwest Pacific
Ophiura leptoctenia
Clark, 1911
Northeast Pacific
Ophiura lienosa
(Lyman, 1878)
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ophiura ljungmani
(Lyman, 1878)
Off Bermuda
Ophiura luetkenii
(Lyman, 1860)
Gray brittle star Eastern Pacific
Ophiura maculata
unspecified
Arctic
Ophiura micracantha
Clark, 1911
Western Pacific
Ophiura mimaria
(Koehler, 1908)
Antarctic
Ophiura nana
(Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
Eastern Pacific
Ophiura ophiura
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Serpent brittle star Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Ophiura pteracantha
Liao, 1982
Western Pacific
Ophiura robusta
(Ayres, 1851)
Northern Atlantic and the Arctic
Ophiura rouchi
(Koehler, 1912)
Antarctic
Ophiura sarsii
Lütken, 1855
Notched brittle star Arctic, Northern Pacific and Northern Atlantic
Ophiura signata
unspecified
Arctic and Northwest Atlantic
Ophiura squamosa
Baker, 1979
Western Central Pacific
Ophiura stellata
(Studer, 1882)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Ophiura texturata
unspecified
Northeast Atlantic
Ophiura verrucosa
(Studer, 1876)
Antarctic Indian Ocean
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