Ophiolepididae

Ophiolepididae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina. It includes both deep-sea and shallow-water species.[1]

Ophiolepididae
Scientific classification
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Ophiodermatina
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Ophiolepididae

Ljungman, 1867
Genera

See text.

Systematics and phylogeny

The fossils of Ophiolepididae date back to the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic.[2] The family includes the following living genera:[3]

  • Amphipholizona
  • Aspidophiura
  • Ophiolepis
  • Ophiomaria
  • Ophiomidas
  • Ophiomusa
  • Ophioplinthus
  • Ophiothyreus
  • Ophiotrochus
  • Ophiozonoida
  • Ophiuroconis
  • Ophiurodon

References

  1. S.Hottenrott, A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Ophiolepididae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) with an Evaluation of its Deep Sea Members. Invertebrate Zoology, 1997
  2. The Paleobiology Database
  3. MarineSpecies.org - Ophiolepididae Ljungman, 1867


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