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Ophiura
Sign in to saveOphiura is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophiuridae.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassOphiuroidea
- OrderOphiurida
- FamilyOphiuridae
Habitatmarine
Observations1,080
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,633
- With media
- 44
- Family
- Ophiuridae
- Collections
- NMV, USNM, CAS, KU, SIO, YPM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Japan, United States, Chile, Antarctica
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Modell von Ophiura (Schlangenstern).jpg
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- Ophiura
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Ophiura
- taxon common name
- Ophiure
- taxonomic type
- Ophiura ophiura
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Fossil species
- Former fossil species
- References
Ophiura is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophiuridae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ophiura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.