Ophiolepididae
Ophiolepididae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Subphylum: | Eleutherozoa |
Superclass: | Cryptosyringida |
Class: | Ophiuroidea |
Order: | Ophiurida |
Suborder: | Ophiurina |
Infraorder: | Ophiodermatina |
Family: | Ophiolepididae Ljungman, 1867 |
Genera | |
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Ophiolepididae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina. It includes both deep-sea and shallow-water species.[1]
Systematics and phylogeny
The fossils of Ophiolepididae date back to the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic.[2] The family includes the following living genera:[3]
- Amphipholizona
- Aspidophiura
- Ophiolepis
- Ophiomaria
- Ophiomidas
- Ophiomusa
- Ophioplinthus
- Ophiothyreus
- Ophiotrochus
- Ophiozonoida
- Ophiuroconis
- Ophiurodon
References
- ↑ S.Hottenrott, A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Ophiolepididae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) with an Evaluation of its Deep Sea Members. Invertebrate Zoology, 1997
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database
- ↑ MarineSpecies.org - Ophiolepididae Ljungman, 1867
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