Zeugophiurina

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Zeugophiurina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Oegophiurida
Suborder: Zeugophiurina
(Matsumoto 1929)
Families

Ophiocanopidae
†Furcasteridae
†Klasmuridae
†Lapworthuridae

Zeugophiurina is a suborder of primitive brittle stars with three extinct families. The family Ophiocanopidae with only one living genus and species, Ophiocanops fugiens has been placed here[1][2] but recent studies have challenged this classification[3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fell,H.B., The Phylogeny of Sea-Stars, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Vol.246, No.735 (1963)
  2. ^ Zeugophiurina (TSN 157327). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ Pawson,D.L.,Phylum Echinodermata, Zootaxa 1668: 749–764 (2007)
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