Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Euryophiurida > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Family Ophiopyrgidae

Ophiopleura Danielssen & Koren, 1877

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Luetkenia*	Duncan, 1878	junior homonym
*Lütkenia*	Duncan, 1878, non Claus, 1864, nec Steindachner, 1877, nec Brock, 1888	synonym

Children

Ophiopleura borealis Danielssen & Koren, 1877
Ophiopleura inermis (Lyman, 1878)

Literature

original description	Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1877). Fra den norske Nordhavsexpedition: Echinodermer. Nyt magazin for naturvidenskaberne. 23(3): 45-83.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
taxonomy source	O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107: 415-430.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopleura Danielssen & Koren, 1877. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123568