Ophiosphalmidae

Ophiosphalmidae
Temporal range: 237–0 Ma Late Triassic to Present
Ophiosphalma glabrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiurida
Suborder: Ophiomusina
Family: Ophiosphalmidae
O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018
Type genus
Ophiosphalma
H.L. Clark, 1941
Genera
4, see text

Ophiosphalmidae is a family of brittle stars in the order Ophiurida containing four genera. Fossils from this family have been found dating to the Late Carnian in Late Triassic.

Taxonomy

The phylogenetic tree per O'Hara et al. (2017) is as follows.

The following four genera are included in the family.

References

  1. 1 2 Stöhr S, O'Hara T, eds. (2026). "Ophiosphalmidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018". World Ophiuroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 November 2026.
  2. ↑ "Ophiosphalmidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 November 2026.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.