| Ophiodermatidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Eleutherozoa |
| Superclass: | Cryptosyringida |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiurida |
| Suborder: | Ophiurina |
| Infraorder: | Ophiodermatina |
| Family: | Ophiodermatidae |
| Genera | |
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Ophiodermatidae are a family of brittle stars in the suborder Ophiurina.
Some fossils date as far back as the Changhsingian age, late in the Permian period.[1] The family includes the following living genera[2]: