Ophiocomidae are a
family
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of
brittle star
Brittle stars, serpent stars, or ophiuroids (; ; referring to the serpent-like arms of the brittle star) are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea, closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locomo ...
s of the suborder
Ophiurina
Ophiurina are a suborder of brittle stars containing the majority of living brittle star species.
Systematics
There is currently no consensus as to the subdivision of the Ophiurina (traditionally, the infraorders have been treated as suborders). ...
.
Systematics and phylogeny
Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with
Ophionereididae
Ophionereididae are a family of brittle stars.
Systematics
Ophionereididae has been placed (along with Ophiocomidae) to the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Chilophiurina or suborder Chilophiurina in different classificati ...
) to the
superfamily
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Ophiocomidea and
infraorder
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Gnathophiurina
The Gnathophiurina are a group of Ophiuroidea mostly treated as suborder (but at first as an order Gnathophiurida, and sometimes as infraorder of OphiurinaSmith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J. . Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, mo ...
or suborder
Gnathophiurina
The Gnathophiurina are a group of Ophiuroidea mostly treated as suborder (but at first as an order Gnathophiurida, and sometimes as infraorder of OphiurinaSmith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J. . Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, mo ...
in different classifications.
Genera
The following
genera
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are included in the family according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):
Ophiocomidae
World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
* Subfamily Ophiocominae
**Genus '' Clarkcoma'' Devaney, 1970
**Genus '' Ophiarthrum'' Peters, 1851
**Genus '' Ophiocoma'' L. Agassiz, 1835
**Genus '' Ophiocomella'' A.H. Clark, 1939
**Genus '' Ophiocomina'' Koehler, 1920 in Mortensen
**Genus '' Ophiomastix'' Müller & Troschel, 1842
**Genus '' Ophiopteris'' E.A. Smith, 1877
* Subfamily Ophiopsilinae
**Genus '' Ophiopsila'' Forbes, 1843
References
External links
Ophiacanthida
Echinoderm families
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