Ophioderma

Ophioderma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Eleutherozoa
Superclass:	Cryptosyringida
Class:	Ophiuroidea
Order:	Ophiurida
Suborder:	Ophiurina
Infraorder:	Ophiodermatina
Family:	Ophiodermatidae
Genus:	Ophioderma

The genus name Ophioderma refers to both a genus of brittle stars in the family Ophiodermatiidae and a genus of ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae. This page is about the brittle stars. For the ferns, see Ophioderma (fern).

Species

It includes the following species^[1]:

• Ophioderma anitae Hotchkiss, 1982
• Ophioderma appressa (Say, 1825)
• Ophioderma besnardi Tommasi, 1970
• Ophioderma brevicauda Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma brevispina (Say, 1825)
• Ophioderma cinerea Muller and Troschel, 1842
• Ophioderma devaneyi Hendler and Miller, 1984
• Ophioderma divae Tommasi, 1970
• Ophioderma elaps Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma ensifera hendler and Miller, 1984
• Ophioderma guttata Greeff, 1882
• Ophioderma holmesii (Lyman, 1860)
• Ophioderma januarii Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma leonis Doderlein, 1910
• Ophioderma longicauda (Bruzelius, 1805)
• Ophioderma pallida (Verrill, 1899)
• Ophioderma panamensis Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma pentacantha H.L. Clark, 1917
• Ophioderma phoenium H.L. Clark, 1918
• Ophioderma propiniqua Koehler, 1895
• Ophioderma rubicunda Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma sodipallaresi Caso, 1985
• Ophioderma squamosissima Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma teres (Lyman, 1860)
• Ophioderma tonganum Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma vansyoci hendler, 1996
• Ophioderma variegata Lutken, 1856
• Ophioderma wahlbergii Muller and Troschel, 1842

References

1. ^ http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 30 May 2009

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