title: Revision of the genus Ophioteichus H.L. Clark, 1938 (Ophiuroidea: Ophiolepididae).
abstract: In this study we re-describe the ophiuroid genus Ophioteichus H.L. Clark, 1938 and diagnose the species using existing and new characters found by examining the type material. The species Ophiolepis utinomii Irimura, 1967, is very similar to the holotype of Ophioteichus multispinum, and is herein transferred to the genus Ophioteichus; this transfer expands the geographic range of the genus. Ophioteichus is currently composed of three species: Ophioteichus parvispinum, Ophioteichus multispinum and Ophioteichus utinomii comb. nov. The genus is now known from the eastern part of Australia, Philippines and the coast of Japan, with a bathymetric range from littoral down to 45.3 m.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM), Mexico.; Email: tania_pinedae@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pineda-Enriquez
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM), Mexico.; Email: fasolis@cmarl.unam.mx.
authors.forename: Francisco A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Solis-Marin
authors.affiliation: Affiliation: unknown; Email: laguarda@cmarl.unam.mx.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laguarda-Figueras
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D004447:Echinodermata / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D017753:Ecosystem; D009792:Oceans and Seas