Ophionereis Lütken, 1859

Boissin, Emilie, Hoareau, Thierry B., Paulay, Gustav & Bruggemann, J. Henrich, 2016, Shallow-water reef ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of Réunion (Mascarene Islands), with biogeographic considerations, Zootaxa 4098 (2), pp. 273-297 : 286

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scientific name	Ophionereis Lütken, 1859
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Genus Ophionereis Lütken, 1859

This genus currently encompasses 29 species ( Stöhr et al. 2016), including 11 from the IWP ( Clark & Rowe 1971). They can be divided into 2 groups: species with vs. without papillae bordering the genital slits.

References

Clark, A. M. & Rowe, F. W. E. (1971) Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London, 234 pp.

Stohr, S., O'Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2016) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed at http: // www. marinespecies. org / ophiuroidea on 2016 - 01 - 04.