Ophiurina

Ophiurida
	Ophiura ophiura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Eleutherozoa
Class:	Ophiuroidea
Order:	Ophiurida
Suborder:	Ophiurina; Müller & Troschel, 1840
Infraorders
	see text.

Ophiurina are a suborder of brittle stars containing the majority of living brittle star species.

Systematics

There is currently no consensus as to the subdivision of the Ophiurina (traditionally, the infraorders have been treated as suborders). It contains the genera Amphiura, Amphipholis, and Ophiacantha.

The suborder has been divided into the following recent infraorders and families

[1]

Ophiacanthidae

Hemieuryalina

Hemieuryalidae

Chilophiurina

Ophiuridae

Gnathophiurina

Ophiodermatina

Ophiochitonidae
Ophiodermatidae
Ophiolepidina
Ophiolepididae

References

Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)

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[1] Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)