Ophiodermatidae

Ophiodermatidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclass: Cryptosyringida
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiurida
Suborder: Ophiurina
Infraorder: Ophiodermatina
Family: Ophiodermatidae
Genera

See text.

Ophiodermatidae are a family of brittle stars in the suborder Ophiurina.

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]

References


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