Ophidiaster
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Ophidiasteridae
Genus:	Ophidiaster Agassiz, 1836

Ophidiaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophidiasteridae.^[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Species:^[1]

• Ophidiaster agassizi Perrier, 1881
• Ophidiaster alexandri Verrill, 1915
• Ophidiaster arenatus (Lamarck, 1816)
• Ophidiaster armatus Koehler, 1910
• Ophidiaster attenuatus Perrier, 1869
• Ophidiaster bayeri A.H.Clark, 1948
• Ophidiaster bicolor (Lamarck, 1816)
• Ophidiaster bullisi (Downey, 1970)
• Ophidiaster chinensis Perrier, 1875
• Ophidiaster colossus Mah, 2021
• Ophidiaster confertus H.L.Clark, 1916
• Ophidiaster cribrarius Lütken, 1871
• Ophidiaster davidsoni de Loriol & Pellat, 1874
• Ophidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885
• Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871
• Ophidiaster guildingi Gray, 1840
• Ophidiaster helicostichus Sladen, 1889
• Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
• Ophidiaster kermadecensis Benham, 1911
• Ophidiaster lorioli Fisher, 1906
• Ophidiaster ludwigi deLoriol, 1900
• Ophidiaster macknighti H.E.S.Clark, 1962
• Ophidiaster multispinus Liao & A.M.Clark, 1996
• Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816)
• Ophidiaster perplexus A.H.Clark, 1954
• Ophidiaster perrieri de Loriol, 1885
• Ophidiaster reyssi Sibuet, 1977
• Ophidiaster rhabdotus Fisher, 1906
• Ophidiaster tuberifer Sladen, 1889

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