Ophiuridae

Ophiura ophiura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genera (5 + †5): †Felderophiura – †Hofmannistella – †Huangzhishania – Ophiocrossota – Ophiocten – Ophioctenella – †Ophioduplantiera – Ophionotus – Ophiura – †Syntomospina

Name

Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840

• Type genus: Ophiura Lamarck, 1801

References

• Goharimanesh, M., Stöhr, S., Mirshamsi, O., Ghassemzadeh, F., Adriaens, D. 2021. Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. European Journal of Taxonomy. 766(1), 1–63. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483 Reference page.  [as Ophiuridae p. 24–25]
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6: 326-330. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiuridae (original description)]
• O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page.  [as Ophiuridae p. 9]
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiuridae p. 98]