Ophioderma
Encyclopedia
The genus name Ophioderma refers to both a genus
of brittle star
s in the family
Ophiodermatiidae and a genus of fern
s in the family Ophioglossaceae
. This page is about the brittle stars. For the ferns, see Ophioderma (fern).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of brittle star
Brittle star
Brittle stars or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish. They crawl across the seafloor using their flexible arms for locomotion. The ophiuroids generally have five long slender, whip-like arms which may reach up to in length on the largest specimens...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Ophiodermatiidae and a genus of fern
Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
s in the family Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossaceae, the Adder's tongue family, is a family of ferns, currently thought to be most closely related to Psilotaceae, the two together comprising the class Psilotopsida as the sibling group to the rest of the ferns. The Ophioglossaceae is one of two groups of ferns traditionally known as...
. This page is about the brittle stars. For the ferns, see Ophioderma (fern).
Species
It includes the following species:- 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