Species under Ophiothrix
n= 47
| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ophiothrix angulata (Say, 1825) |
Angular brittle star | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Ophiothrix aristulata Lyman, 1879 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix armata Koehler, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix brachyactis Clark, 1915 |
Western Atlantic | ||
| Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix ciliaris (Lamarck, 1816) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix cimar Hendler, 2005 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Ophiothrix contenta Koehler, 1930 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix crassispina Koehler, 1904 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix deceptor Koehler, 1922 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix elegans Lütken, 1869 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix eurycolpodes Clark, 1918 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix exigua Lyman, 1874 |
Short-spined brittle star | Indo-West Pacific | |
| Ophiothrix foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, 1789) |
Common brittle star | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Ophiothrix fumaria Müller & Troschel, 1842 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix infirma Koehler, 1905 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix koreana Duncan, 1879 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix lepidus de Loriol, 1893 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix leucotrigona Clark, 1918 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix lineata Lyman, 1860 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Ophiothrix luetkeni Thomson, 1872 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
| Ophiothrix marenzelleri Koehler, 1904 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix miles Koehler, 1905 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix oerstedii Lütken, 1856 |
Oersted's brittle star | Western Central Atlantic | |
| Ophiothrix oliveri Benham, 1910 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix panchyendyta Clark, 1911 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix picteti de Loriol, 1893 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix plana Lyman, 1874 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix prostata Koehler, 1922 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix proteus Koehler, 1905 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix purpurea von Martens, 1867 |
Purple brittle star | Indo-Pacific | |
| Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix rotata von Martens, 1870 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842) |
Long spined brittle star | ||
| Ophiothrix scotiosa Murakami, 1943 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix signata Koehler, 1922 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix spiculata Le Conte, 1851 |
Pacific spiny brittlestar | Eastern Pacific | 38 |
| Ophiothrix spinosissima Koehler, 1905 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix stri Hendler, 2005 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Ophiothrix suensonii Lütken, 1856 |
Suenson's brittle star | Western Atlantic | |
| Ophiothrix tenera Brock, 1888 |
Western Central Pacific | 0.7 | |
| Ophiothrix trilineata Lütken, 1869 |
Ophiuroids | Indo-Pacific | 0.5 |
| Ophiothrix vetusta Koehler, 1930 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix vigelandi Clark, 1968 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix viridialba von Martens, 1867 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Ophiothrix vitrea Döderlein, 1896 |
Western Central Pacific |