Ophiacanthina
| Ophiacanthina Temporal range: Late Triassic to Present | |
|---|---|
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| Ophiopteris antipodum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiacanthida |
| Suborder: | Ophiacanthina O'Hara, Hugall, Thuy, Stöhr & Martynov, 2017 |
| Families | |
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7 families, see text | |
Ophiacanthina is one of the two suborders of echinoderms belonging to the order Ophiacanthida. The suborder contains seven families. Fossils from this suborder have been found dating to the Late Carnian in Late Triassic.
Taxonomy
It was described in 2017 by O'Hara et al. The families in this suborder are as follows.
- Clarkcomidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018
- Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867
- Ophiobyrsidae Matsumoto, 1915
- Ophiocamacidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018
- Ophiojuridae O'Hara, Thuy & Hugall, 2021
- Ophiopteridae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018
- Ophiotomidae Paterson, 1985
The phylogenetic tree per O'Hara et al. (2017) is as follows.
Notes
- ↑ It does not contain the family Ophiojuridae as it was described later in 2021
References
- 1 2 Stöhr S, O'Hara T, eds. (2026). "Ophiacanthina". World Ophiuroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- ↑ "Ophiacanthina". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- ↑ NUMBERGER-THUY, Lea D.; ISHIDA, Yoshiaki; THUY, Ben (2024). "Unexpected brittle-star diversity in the Carnian (Upper Triassic) of SW-China and Japan". doi:10.21411/CBM.A.235C09EC.
- ↑ O'Hara, Timothy D.; Stöhr, Sabine; Hugall, Andrew F.; Thuy, Ben; Martynov, Alexander (2018). "Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification". European Journal of Taxonomy (416). doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.416.
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