Ophiotrichidae

Ophiotrichidae are a family of ophiurid brittle stars within the suborder Gnathophiurina.

All have arms with delicate translucent, thorny spines. The arms are flexible in all directions. The jaws contain clusters of well-developed tooth papillae on the apex but not on the sides. There are no mouth papillae. Inside the mouth edge there is a second pair of tube feet. They show large radial shields. The dorsal surface of the disc is covered with spines and thorny towers.

Systematics

Ophiotrichidae contains the following genera:MarineSpecies.org - Ophiotrichidae Ljungman, 1867
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*'' Asteria'' (''nomen dubium'')
*'' Gymnolophus'' Brock, 1888
*'' Lissophiothrix'' H.L. Clark, 1938
*'' Macrophiothrix'' H.L. Clark, 1938
*'' Ophioaethiops'' Brock, 1888
*'' Ophiocampsis'' Duncan, 1887
*'' Ophiocnemis'' Müller & Troschel, 1842
*'' Ophiogymna'' Ljungman, 1866
*'' Ophiolophus'' Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887
*'' Ophiomaza'' Lyman, 1871
*'' Ophiophthirius'' Döderlein, 1898
*'' Ophiopsammium'' Lyman, 1874
*'' Ophiopteron'' Ludwig, 1888
*'' Ophiothela'' Verrill, 1867
*'' Ophiothrichoides'' Delage & Hérouard, 1903
*'' Ophiothrix'' Müller & Troschel, 1840
*'' Ophiotrichoides'' Ludwig, 1882

Image:Macrophiothrix sp..jpg, Une '' Macrophiothrix sp.''
Image:Ophiogymna funesta (MNHN-IE-2013-10242) 02.jpg, '' Ophiogymna funesta''
Image:Feather-hitching brittle star (Ophiomaza cacaotica) 2.jpg, '' Ophiomaza cacaotica''
Image:Ophiopsammium semperi.jpg, '' Ophiopsammium semperi''
Image:Ophiothela mirabilis.jpg, '' Ophiothela mirabilis''
Image:Ophiothrix foveolata (Brittle star).jpg, '' Ophiothrix foveolata''
Image:Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, 1789) 1 .jpg, '' Ophiothrix fragilis''
Image:Ophiothrixspiculata.jpg, '' Ophiothrix spiculata''
Image:Sponge Brittle Stars.jpg, '' Ophiothrix suensonii''
Image:Ophiothrix angulata.jpg, '' Ophiothrix angulata''

References

* Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336–351
* Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2009). Ophiotrichidae. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2009). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a

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* P.J. Hayward and J.S. Ryland (ed.), Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996,

Ophiotrichidae,
Gnathophiurina
Echinoderm families

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