Ophiocomidae

Ophiocomidae
Ophiocoma aethiops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiacanthida
Family: Ophiocomidae
Ljungman, 1867
Genera

See text.

Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.

Systematics and phylogeny

Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with Ophionereididae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Gnathophiurina or suborder Gnathophiurina in different classifications.

Genera

The following genera are included in the family according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):

References

  1. ↑ Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)
  2. ↑ "Ophiocomidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ↑ Ophiocomidae World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-30.