Breviturma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiocomoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiocomoidea

Familia: Ophiocomidae
Genus:
Species (8): B. brevipes – B. dentata – B. doederleini – B. krohi – B. longispina – B. paucigranulata – B. pica – B. pusilla – B. securis

Type species: Ophiocoma brevipes Peters, 1851, by original designation.

Ophiocoma (Breviturma) Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013: 7 [original status, as subgenus]
Breviturma — O’Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018: 16 [subsequent designation, elevate to genus]

Chang, K. & Shih, H.-T. 2025. Description of a new brittle star of the genus Breviturma (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae), with a new record from Taiwan. European Journal of Taxonomy 997(1): 28–50. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2919 . Reference page. [as Breviturma p. 33]
Stöhr, S., Boissin, E. & Hoareau, T.B. 2013. Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the Ophiocoma brevipes group (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea), with description of a new subgenus (Breviturma) and a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 68: 1–26. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.68 Reference page.
O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page.