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