Note:

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Deuterostomia - Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Coelomopora - (Marcus, 1958) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Phylum: Echinodermata - Klein, 1734 ex De Brugière, 1789 - Echinoderms
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa - Bell, 1891
Infraphylum: Asterozoa - Von Zittel, 1895
Class: Asteroidea
Subclass: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Ophidiaster - Agassiz, 1836
Specific name: ophidianus - Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Scientific name: - Ophidiaster ophidianus Guérin-Méneville, 1844