Ophionereididae
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Ophionereis reticulata
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Ophionereididae are a family of brittle stars.
[edit] Systematics
Ophionereididae has been placed (along with Ophiocomidae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Chilophiurina[1] or suborder Chilophiurina[2] in different classifications. Ophionereididae contains the following genera[3]:
- Ophiocrasis
- Ophiodoris
- Ophionereis
- Ophioneroides
- Ophiotriton
[edit] References
- ^ Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)
- ^ Ophionereididae (TSN 157501). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ MarineSpecies.org - Ophionereididae Ljungman, 1867