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Ophiocomidae

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Scientific name
  
Ophiocomidae

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Ophiuroidea

Infraorder
  
Phylum
  
Order
  
Ophiurida

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Similar
  
Ophiurida, Ophiocoma, Ophiotrichidae, Ophiodermatidae, Amphiuridae

Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.

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Systematics and phylogeny

Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with Ophionereididae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Gnathophiurina or suborder Gnathophiurina in different classifications.

Genera

The following genera are included in the family according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):

  • 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

    Ophiocomidae Wikipedia


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