''Ophiocomina'' is a genus 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 ...

belonging to the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Ophiocomidae Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina. Systematics and phylogeny Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with Ophionereididae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Gnathophiurina or suborder Gnathophiurina in ...

Selected species

* '' Ophiocomina australis'' H.L. Clark, 1928 * '' Ophiocomina nigra'' (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)

References

Ophiuroidea Data Base
Ophiocomidae Ophiuroidea genera {{Ophiuroidea-stub