Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836

Cunha, Rosana, Martins, Luciana, Menegola, Carla & Souto, Camilla, 2021, Taxonomy of the sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Bahia State, including ontogenetic variation and an illustrated key to the Brazilian species, Zootaxa 4955 (1), pp. 1-78 : 48

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scientific name	Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836
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Genus Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species. Ophidiaster ophidianus ( Lamarck, 1816) View in CoL (type by monotypy).

Remarks. The genus Ophidiaster is composed of 24 species, and six of them are recorded in the Atlantic Ocean: O. alexandri Verrill, 1915 , O. bayeri Clark, 1948 , O. bullisi ( Downey, 1970) , O. guildingi Gray, 1840 , O. ophidianus ( Lamarck, 1816) and O. reyssi Sibuet, 1977 . Only O. alexandri and O. guildingi are recorded in Brazil until this date.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Class	Asteroidea
Order	Valvatida
Family	Ophidiasteridae

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