Ophiopteris

Ophiopteris is a genus of brittle stars.^[1] The genus was first described in 1877 from a specimen collected in New Zealand.^[2]

Ophiopteris
Ophiopteris papillosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Ophiuroidea
Order:	Ophiacanthida
Family:	Ophiopteridae
Genus:	Ophiopteris E. A. Smith, 1877

Taxonomy

Ophiopteris contains the following species:

• Ophiopteris papillosa^[1]
• Ophiopteris antipodum^[1]