| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ophiura acervata unspecified |
Western Atlantic | ||
| Ophiura aequalis Lyman, 1878 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839 |
Serpent's table brittlestar | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Ophiura ambigua (Lyman, 1878) |
Southeast Pacific and Antarctic | ||
| Ophiura bathybia Clark, 1911 |
Northeast Pacific | ||
| Ophiura brevispinosa Clark, 1915 |
Antarctic Indian Ocean | ||
| Ophiura carnea Lütken, 1858 |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Ophiura clemens (Koehler, 1904) |
Southwest Atlantic | ||
| Ophiura cryptolepis Clark, 1911 |
Northeast Pacific | ||
| Ophiura ctenophora (Clark, 1909) |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiura flagellata (Lyman, 1878) |
Pacific Ocean, Northwest Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic | ||
| Ophiura flexibilis (Koehler, 1911) |
Antarctic | ||
| Ophiura fluctuans Koehler, 1922 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiura fraterna (Lyman, 1878) |
Antarctic Indian Ocean | ||
| Ophiura grubei Heller, 1863 |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Ophiura irrorata (Lyman, 1878) |
Indo-Pacific and Antarctic | ||
| Ophiura kinbergi Ljungman, 1866 |
Indo-Pacific | 0.3 | |
| Ophiura lanceolata Clark, 1930 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Ophiura leptoctenia Clark, 1911 |
Northeast Pacific | ||
| Ophiura lienosa (Lyman, 1878) |
Antarctic Indian Ocean | ||
| Ophiura ljungmani (Lyman, 1878) |
Off Bermuda | ||
| Ophiura luetkenii (Lyman, 1860) |
Gray brittle star | Eastern Pacific | |
| Ophiura maculata unspecified |
Arctic | ||
| Ophiura micracantha Clark, 1911 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Ophiura mimaria (Koehler, 1908) |
Antarctic | ||
| Ophiura nana (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Serpent brittle star | Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | |
| Ophiura pteracantha Liao, 1982 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1851) |
Northern Atlantic and the Arctic | ||
| Ophiura rouchi (Koehler, 1912) |
Antarctic | ||
| Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855 |
Notched brittle star | Arctic, Northern Pacific and Northern Atlantic | |
| Ophiura signata unspecified |
Arctic and Northwest Atlantic | ||
| Ophiura squamosa Baker, 1979 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Ophiura stellata (Studer, 1882) |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Ophiura texturata unspecified |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
| Ophiura verrucosa (Studer, 1876) |
Antarctic Indian Ocean |