Ophioleucida

Ophioleucida
Ophioleuce brevispinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Superorder: Ophintegrida
Order: Ophioleucida
O'Hara, Hugall, Thuy, Stöhr & Martynov, 2017
Families

Ophioleucida is an order of echinoderms belonging to the class Ophiuroidea. The order contains two families, Ophiernidae and Ophioleucidae with combined 33 species and one extinct genus Triadoleucella† (Ishida, Trinh, Thuy, Numberger-Thuy, Komatsu, Doan, Nguyen, Shigeta & Fujita, 2022).

References

  1. ↑ "Ophioleucida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2026. Retrieved 2 November 2026.
  2. ↑ "Ophioleucida". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 November 2026.