Amphiura (Amphiura) angularis Lyman, 1879 (additional source)
Amphiura (Amphiura) inhacensis J.B. Balinsky, 1957 accepted as Amphiura (Amphiura) dejectoides H.L. Clark, 1939 (original description)
Amphiura africana J.B. Balinsky, 1957 represented as Amphiura (Fellaria) africana (J.B. Balinsky, 1957) (original description)
Amphiura inhacensis J.B. Balinsky, 1957 accepted as Amphiura (Amphiura) dejectoides H.L. Clark, 1939 (original description)
Amphiura kalki Balinsky, 1957 accepted as Amphiura (Amphiura) candida Ljungman, 1867 (original description)
Amphylicus androphorus Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Ophiodaphne scripta (Koehler, 1904) (basis of record)
Macrophiothrix mossambica J.B Balinsky, 1957 accepted as Macrophiothrix demessa (Lyman, 1861) (original description)
Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861) (additional source)
Ophiactis delagoa J.B. Balinsky, 1957 (original description)
Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887) (additional source)
Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905 (additional source)
Ophionephthys africana Balinsky, 1957 accepted as Amphiura (Fellaria) africana (J.B. Balinsky, 1957) (original description)
Ophiophragmus sacensis Balinsky, 1957 accepted as Paracrocnida persica Mortensen, 1940 (original description)
Ophiothrix echinotecta Balinsky, 1957 represented as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) echinotecta Balinsky, 1957 (original description)
Ophiothrix foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 represented as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 (additional source)
Ophiothrix proteus Koehler, 1905 represented as Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) proteus Koehler, 1905 (additional source)
Ophiothrix trilineata Lütken, 1869 represented as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) trilineata Lütken, 1869 (additional source)

Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophionereis vivipara Mortensen, 1933 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphioplus (Lymanella) integer (Ljungman, 1867) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiura (Amphiura) angularis Lyman, 1879 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiura inhacensis J.B. Balinsky, 1957 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiura kalki Balinsky, 1957 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphylicus androphorus Mortensen, 1933 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Astroboa nigra Döderlein, 1911 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Macrophiothrix aspidota (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Macrophiothrix hirsuta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Macrophiothrix mossambica J.B Balinsky, 1957 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Macrophthalmus (Chaenostoma) boscii Audouin, 1826 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiactis carnea Ljungman, 1867 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiactis delagoa J.B. Balinsky, 1957 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiactis hemiteles H.L. Clark, 1915  (doubtful)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiactis lymani Ljungman, 1872 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiactis modesta Brock, 1888 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiactis parva Mortensen, 1926 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocentrus dilatata (Koehler, 1905) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma erinaceus Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma insularia Lyman, 1861  (inaccurate)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma parva H.L. Clark, 1915 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma pica Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma pusilla (Brock, 1888) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma valenciae Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiolepis cincta Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiomastix notabilis H.L. Clark, 1938 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiomastix venosa Peters, 1851 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophionephthys africana Balinsky, 1957 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophionereis australis (H.L. Clark, 1923) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophionereis porrecta Lyman, 1860 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophionereis vivipara Mortensen, 1933 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiopezella decorata Mortensen, 1933 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiophragmus sacensis Balinsky, 1957 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiothela beauforti (Engel, 1949) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiothela dividua von Martens, 1879 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiothrix echinotecta Balinsky, 1957 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiotrichoides propinqua (Lyman, 1861) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Placophiothrix foveolata (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Placophiothrix proteus (Koehler, 1905) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Placophiothrix trilineata (Lütken, 1869) 
Praia da Polana for Amphylicus androphorus Mortensen, 1933 
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma valenciae Müller & Troschel, 1842 

 Description

 for Ophiocoma parva H.L. Clark, 1915

Colour in life: brown or red cross-bands across the arms (Balinsky, 1957). Also distributed in Australia (Kalk ... [details]

 Description

 for Ophiomastix notabilis H.L. Clark, 1938

Colour in life: disc black with narrow white bands across the arms. Oral arm plates brownish (Balinsky, ... [details]

 Description

 for Ophiotrichoides propinqua (Lyman, 1861)

Description: disc colour greenish, yellowish or brownish, variegated with white. Disc scales bare in young ... [details]

 Description

 for Placophiothrix foveolata (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887)

Coloration: General colour from deep violet on one side through shades of red to orange on the other. Disc with ... [details]

 Description

 for Placophiothrix proteus (Koehler, 1905)

Description: colour brownish, with a light line along the aboral side of the arm. Habitat: Cymodocea beds ... [details]

 Description

 for Placophiothrix trilineata (Lütken, 1869)

Colour in life: one median and two lateral yellow longitudinal stripes along the aboral arm plates, separated by ... [details]

 Habitat

 for Amphylicus androphorus Mortensen, 1933

commensal of some Echinodiscus (Balinsky, 1957). [details]

 Holotype

 for Ophiocoma parva H.L. Clark, 1915

Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 3758, paratypes Museum ... [details]

 Holotype

 for Ophiomastix notabilis H.L. Clark, 1938

Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvatd University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 5247. Type locality: ... [details]

 synonymy

 for Placophiothrix foveolata (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887)

Implied in the synonymy of the genus Placophiothrix with Ophiothrix [details]

 synonymy

 for Placophiothrix proteus (Koehler, 1905)

Implied in the synonymy of the genus Placophiothrix with Ophiothrix [details]

 synonymy

 for Placophiothrix trilineata (Lütken, 1869)

In Subgenus Ophiothrix [details]

 Type locality

 for Amphylicus androphorus Mortensen, 1933

Polana Beach, Inhaca (Mozambique) (Balinsky, 1957). [details]