• Source: Ophiotrichidae

    • Ophiotrichidae are a family of brittle stars within the suborder Gnathophiurina.
    All of its species have arms with delicate, translucent, thorny spines. Their arms are flexible in all directions. Their jaws contain clusters of well-developed tooth papillae on the apex but not on the sides. There are no mouth papillae. Inside the mouth edge there is a second pair of tube feet. They show large radial shields. The dorsal surface of the disc is covered with spines and thorny towers.


    Systematics


    Ophiotrichidae contains the following genera:

    Asteria (nomen dubium)
    Gymnolophus Brock, 1888
    Lissophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938
    Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938
    Ophioaethiops Brock, 1888
    Ophiocampsis Duncan, 1887
    Ophiocnemis Müller & Troschel, 1842
    Ophiogymna Ljungman, 1866
    Ophiolophus Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887
    Ophiomaza Lyman, 1871
    Ophiophthirius Döderlein, 1898
    Ophiopsammium Lyman, 1874
    Ophiopteron Ludwig, 1888
    Ophiothela Verrill, 1867
    Ophiothrichoides Delage & Hérouard, 1903
    Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840
    Ophiotrichoides Ludwig, 1882















































    References



    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
    Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2009). Ophiotrichidae. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2009). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [1] on 2010-06-16
    P.J. Hayward and J.S. Ryland (ed.), Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996, ISBN 0-19-854055-8

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