Ophiurina
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 Ophiura ophiura
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Ophiurina are a suborder of brittle stars containing the majority of living brittle star species.
[edit] Systematics
There is currently no consensus as to the subdivision of the Ophiurina (traditionally, the infraorders have been traeted as suborders). The suborder has been divided into the following recent infraorders and families [1]:
- Ophiacanthidae
Hemieuryalina
- Hemieuryalidae
Chilophiurina
Ophiodermatina
- Ophiochitonidae
- Ophiodermatidae
- Ophiolepidina
- Ophiolepididae
[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)
