Ophiuridae

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Ophiuridae
Ophiura ophiura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclass: Cryptosyringida Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Ophiurida Suborder: Ophiurina Infraorder: Chilophiurina Family: Ophiuridae Lyman, 1865
Genera
See text.

Ophiuridae are a large family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.

[edit] Systematics and phylogeny

The fossils of Ophiuridae date back to Devonian (Aganaster†)^[1]. The family includes the following living genera^[2]:

Anthophiura Astrophiura Dictenophiura Euvondrea Gymnophiura Haplophiura Homophiura Ophiambix Ophioceramis Ophiochalcis Ophiochorus Ophiochrysis Ophiocrates Ophiocrossota Ophioctenella Ophiocypris Ophioelegans Ophiogona Ophiolipus Ophiomisidium Ophiopenia Ophiophyllum Ophiopleura Ophiopyren

Ophiopyrgus Ophiosphalma Ophiosteira Ophioteichus Ophiotjalfa Ophiotylos Ophiotypa Ophiozona Ophiura Ophiuraster Ophiurinae Ophiuroglypha Sinophiura Spinophiura Stegophiura Theodoria Uriopha

(This list includes the genera sometimes placed in the family Ophioleucidae, here included in Ophiuridae as the subfamily Ophioleucinae^[3]).

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