Ophiurina
Ophiurina are a suborder of brittle stars containing the majority of living brittle star species.
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| Ophiura ophiura | |
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| Suborder: | Ophiurina Müller & Troschel, 1840 |
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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
Hemieuryalina
- Hemieuryalidae
Chilophiurina
Ophiodermatina
- Ophiochitonidae
- Ophiodermatidae
- Ophiolepidina
- Ophiolepididae
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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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