Ophiernus
| Ophiernus | |
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| Ophiernus seminudus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophioleucida |
| Family: | Ophiernidae |
| Genus: | Ophiernus Lyman, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Ophiernus vallincola (Lyman, 1878) | |
| Species | |
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4, see text | |
Ophiernus is a genus of brittle stars in the monogeneric family Ophiernidae. It has four species.
Taxonomy
The family Ophiernidae was described by O'Hara et al., in 2018.
The genus has the following four species.
- Ophiernus alepidotus (Madsen, 1977)
- Ophiernus quadrispinus (Koehler, 1907)
- Ophiernus seminudus (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
- Ophiernus vallincola (Lyman, 1878)
References
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- 1 2 Stöhr S, O'Hara T, eds. (2026). "Ophiernus Lyman, 1878". World Ophiuroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 November 2026.
- ↑ "Ophiernus Lyman, 1878". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 November 2026.
- ↑ O'Hara, Timothy D.; Stöhr, Sabine; Hugall, Andrew F.; Thuy, Ben; Martynov, Alexander (2018). "Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification". European Journal of Taxonomy (416). doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.416.
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