Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Year
Ophiacantha abyssa		Northeast Pacific.	1982
Ophiacantha abyssicola		Northwest Atlantic
Ophiacantha adiaphora		Northwest Atlantic
Ophiacantha anomala		Northwest Atlantic
Ophiacantha antarctica		Southern Ocean.	1900
Ophiacantha aristata		Southern Ocean.
Ophiacantha aster		Southern Ocean.	2022
Ophiacantha atopostoma		Southern Ocean.
Ophiacantha bathybia		Northeast Pacific.	1911
Ophiacantha bidentata		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar
Ophiacantha clavigera		Eastern Indian Ocean	1907
Ophiacantha composita		Western Central Pacific	1896
Ophiacantha cornuta		Western Pacific.	1878
Ophiacantha cosmica		Southeast Pacific	1878
Ophiacantha duplex		Western Central Pacific	1897
Ophiacantha enneactis		Western Central Pacific	1911
Ophiacantha eurythra		Western Central Pacific	1935
Ophiacantha frigida		Southern Ocean.	1908
Ophiacantha funebris		Western Central Pacific	1930
Ophiacantha fuscina		Western Central Pacific	2006
Ophiacantha gracilis		Western Pacific	1882
Ophiacantha imago		Antarctic Indian Ocean	1878
Ophiacantha indica		Western Central Pacific	1867
Ophiacantha lepidota		Western Central Pacific
Ophiacantha levispina		Western Central Pacific	1878
Ophiacantha longidens		Western Central Pacific	1874
Ophiacantha macrarthra		Western Central Pacific
Ophiacantha nodosa		Eastern Central Atlantic	1878
Ophiacantha nutrix		Eastern Central Atlantic
Ophiacantha paramedea		Antarctic Atlantic	1926
Ophiacantha pentactis		Antarctic.	1936
Ophiacantha pentagona		Western Central Pacific	1897
Ophiacantha phragma		Eastern Pacific and Weste	1940
Ophiacantha placida		Western Central Pacific	1904
Ophiacantha renekoehleri		Western Central Pacific	2006
Ophiacantha rhachophora		Northeast Pacific.	1911
Ophiacantha richeri		Western Central Pacific	2006
Ophiacantha rosea	Rose spiny brittle star	Indo-West Pacific and the	1879
Ophiacantha scissionis		Northwest Pacific	2019
Ophiacantha serrata		Western Central Pacific	1878
Ophiacantha setosa		Atlantic and the Mediterr	1805
Ophiacantha trachybactra		Northeast Pacific.	1911
Ophiacantha vepratica		Indo-Pacific and Northwes	1878
Ophiacantha vilis		Southwest Pacific	1924
Ophiacantha vivipara	Brooding spiny brittle star	Southern Pacific, Southwe	1870
Ophiacantha yaldwyni		Western Central Pacific	1958
Ophiacanthella acontophora		Northeast Pacific.
Ophiacanthella troscheli		Western Central Atlantic.
Ophialcoea congesta		Western Central Pacific	1904
Ophiocamax gigas		Southern Ocean.	1900
Ophiocamax nominata		Western Central Pacific	1930
Ophiocamax vitrea		Western Pacific	1878
Ophiocanops felli		Southwest Pacific	2003
Ophiocopa spatula		Western Central Pacific	1883
Ophiohamus nanus		Western Central Pacific	2006
Ophiolamina eprae		Pacific Ocean.	2006
Ophiolebes brevispina		Pacific Ocean.
Ophiolebes diaphora		Pacific Ocean.
Ophiolebes felli		Pacific Ocean.	2022
Ophiolebes pachybactra		Pacific Ocean.
Ophiolebes paulensis		Pacific Ocean.	2022
Ophiolebes scorteus		Antarctic Indian Ocean	1878
Ophiolebes tylota		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ophiolimna antarctica		Southeast Pacific and Ant	1879
Ophiolimna bairdi		Northeast Pacific.	1883
Ophiolimna littoralis		Western Atlantic
Ophiolimna mixta		Western Atlantic
Ophiolimna perfida		Western Central Pacific	1904
Ophiomitra leucorhabdota		Western Central Pacific	1911
Ophiomitrella clavigera		Western Central Pacific
Ophiomitrella conferta		Western Central Pacific a	1922
Ophiomitrella glabra		Western Atlantic	1901
Ophiomitrella granulosa		Western Central Pacific	1878
Ophiomitrella mensa		Western Central Pacific	2006
Ophiomitrella parviglobosa		Western Central Pacific	2006
Ophiomitrella polyacantha		Western Central Pacific	1911
Ophiomitrella stellifera		Western Central Pacific	1917
Ophiomitrella subjecta		Western Central Pacific	1922
Ophiomitrella tenuis		Western Central Pacific	1904
Ophiomoeris nodosa		Western Central Pacific	1905
Ophiomoeris obstricta		Western Pacific	1878
Ophiomoeris petalis		Western Pacific	2022
Ophiomyces danielae		Western Central Pacific.	2001
Ophiomyces delata		Western Central Pacific	1904
Ophiomyces frutectosus		Western Atlantic
Ophiomyces mirabilis		Western Central Atlantic.
Ophiomyces nadiae		Western Central Pacific.	2001
Ophioparva blochi		Antarctic Indian Ocean	1982
Ophiophthalmus serratus		Northwest Pacific	2022
Ophioplinthaca amezianeae		Western Pacific	2006
Ophioplinthaca athena		Central Pacific	1949
Ophioplinthaca brachispina		Western Central Pacific	2022
Ophioplinthaca bythiaspis		Western Central Pacific	1911
Ophioplinthaca chelys		Southwest Pacific	1878
Ophioplinthaca citata		Western Central Pacific	1904
Ophioplinthaca defensor		Indo-West Pacific.	1930
Ophioplinthaca globata		Western Central Pacific	1922
Ophioplinthaca hastata		Western Central Pacific	1922
Ophioplinthaca manillae		Western Central Pacific	1981
Ophioplinthaca plicata		Western Pacific	1878
Ophioplinthaca pulchra		Western Central Pacific	1904
Ophioplinthaca rudis		Western Central Pacific	1897
Ophioplinthaca sarsii		Antarctic Indian Ocean	1878
Ophioplinthaca semele		Central Pacific	1949
Ophiopthalmus cataleimmoidus		Northeast Pacific.	1911
Ophiopthalmus diplasia		Northeast Pacific.	1911
Ophiopthalmus eurypoma		Northeast Pacific.	1911
Ophiopthalmus normani		Eastern Pacific.	1879
Ophiosemnotes paucispina		Northeast Pacific.	1911
Ophiothamnus biocal		Western Central Pacific	2006
Ophiotholia mitrephora		Western Central Pacific
Ophiotoma coriacea		Western Central Pacific
Ophiotoma paucispina		Eastern Pacific	1899
Ophiotrema tertium		Western Central Pacific	1922
Ophiotreta eximia		Western Central Pacific	1904
Ophiotreta larissae		Western Central Pacific	1979
Ophiotreta matura		Western Central Pacific	1904
Ophiotreta spectabilis		North Atlantic.	1872
Ophiotreta stimulea		Western Central Pacific	1878
Ophiotreta valenciennesi		Western Central Pacific	1874
Ophiurothamnus clausa		Western Pacific	1878
Ophiurothamnus eleaumei		Western Central Pacific	2006
Ophiurothamnus musorstomae		Western Central Pacific	1981

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Ophiacanthidae (See list of species below)

Family: Ophiacanthidae

(See list of species below)