Ophiodermatidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiacanthida
Suborder: Ophiodermatina
Family: Ophiodermatidae
Ljungman, 1867
Genera

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Ophiodermatidae are a family of brittle stars in the order Ophiacanthida.

Systematics and phylogeny

Some fossils date as far back as the Changhsingian age, late in the Permian period.[1] The family includes the following living genera:[2]

  • Bathypectinura
  • Cryptopelta
  • Diopederma
  • Distichophis
  • Ophiarachna
  • Ophiarachnella
  • Ophiochaeta
  • Ophiochasma
  • Ophioclastus
  • Ophioconis
  • Ophiocormus
  • Ophiocryptus
  • Ophioderma
  • Ophiodyscrita
  • Ophiolimna
  • Ophioncus
  • Ophiopaepale
  • Ophiopeza
  • Ophiopinax
  • Ophiopsammus
  • Ophiostegastus
  • Ophiurochaeta
  • Pectinura
  • Schizoderma

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