Genus Ophiotoma Lyman, 1883

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiotoma Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea in 1878–79, and among the Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer Blake, Commander J.R. Bartl. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 10(6): 227-287, pls 1-8 [268].

  Type species:

   Ophiotoma coriacea Lyman, 1883 by monotypy.
• Ophiotrema Koehler, R. 1896. Note prliminaire sur les ophiures recueillies pendant les campagnes de la 'Princesse Alice'. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 241-253.

  Type species:

   Ophiotrema alberti Koehler, 1896 by monotypy.
• Ophiopora Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 5(1): 1-86, pls 1-8 [43].

  Type species:

   Ophiacantha barletti Lyman, 1883 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Martynov, A.V. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa 2697: 1-154 [97]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

General References

Koehler, R. 1909. Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht 'Princesse Alice'. Rés. Sci. campagnes du Prince de Monaco 34 [196] (as Ophiotrema)

History of changes