Ophiocomidae
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| Ophiocomidae | |
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| Ophiocoma aethiops | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiacanthida |
| Family: | Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867 |
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Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.
Systematics and phylogeny
[edit | edit source]Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with Ophionereididae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Gnathophiurina[1] or suborder Gnathophiurina[2] in different classifications.
Genera
[edit | edit source]The following genera are included in the family according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):[3]
- Subfamily Ophiocominae
- Genus Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970
- Genus Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851
- Genus Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1835
- Genus Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939
- Genus Ophiocomina Koehler, 1920 in Mortensen
- Genus Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Genus Ophiopteris E.A. Smith, 1877
- Subfamily Ophiopsilinae
- Genus Ophiopsila Forbes, 1843
References
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- ^ Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)
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- ^ Ophiocomidae World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
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