Ophiodermatidae
| 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.
Systematics and phylogeny
Some fossils date as far back as the Changhsingian age, late in the Permian period.[1] The family includes the following living genera:[2]
- Bathypectinura
- Cryptopelta
- Diopederma
- Distichophis
- Ophiarachna
- Ophiarachnella
- Ophiochaeta
- Ophiochasma
- Ophioclastus
- Ophioconis
- Ophioconus (accepted as Ophioconis)
- Ophiocormus
- Ophiocryptus
- Ophioderma
- Ophiodyscrita
- Ophioncus
- Ophiopaepale
- Ophiopeza
- Ophiopezella (accepted as Ophiopeza)
- Ophiopinax
- Ophiopsammus
- Ophiostegastus
- Ophiurochaeta
- Pectinura
- Schizoderma
- Toporkovia (accepted as Ophiolimna)