Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ophiacantha contigua
Estrella de mar, Sea Star
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Ophiuroidea
Order
Ophiacanthida
Suborder
Ophiacanthina
Family
Ophiacanthidae
Genus
Ophiacantha
Species
contigua
Taxon category: Accepted
MCCDRS-9340
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: North of the Galapagos Islands (Salinas-de-León et al., 2020). Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean (Horton et al., 2021).
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Salinas-de-León, P. Martí-Puig, P., Buglass, S., Arnés-Urgellés, C., Rastoin-Laplane, E., Creemers, M., Cairns, S., Fisher, C., O Hara, T., Ott, B., Raineault, N. A., Reiswig, H., Rouse, G., Rowley, S., Shank, T. M., Suarez, J., Watling, L., Wicksten, M. K., & Marsh, L. (2020) Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70744-1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ophiacantha contigua", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18695. Accessed 31 October 2026.