Ophiurida

Taxonavigation[edit]

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
Subordines (2): Ophiomusina – Ophiurina
Genera incertae sedis (17): Abyssura – Anophiura – Anthophiura – Bathylepta – Haplophiura – Ophiochalcis – Ophiochrysis – Ophiochytra – Ophiolebella – Ophiomaria – Ophiomastus – Ophiopenia – Ophiotjalfa – Ophiotrochus – Ophiuraster – Perlophiura – †Praeaplocoma –Uriopha

[source: World Ophiuroidea database (WoRMS 2018)]

Müller, J. & Franz Hermann Troschel 1840. Über die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv Für Naturgeschichte 6: 326–330. BHL

Fell, H.B. 1961. The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1. Ophiuroidea. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 18: 1-79, 19 pls. Internet Archive Reference page. [as Ophiurida p. 24–25]
Rodrigues, C.F. et al. 2011. Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida) from the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic). Zootaxa 2754: 1–26. Preview. Full article (PDF).
O’Hara, T.D., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B., Stöhr, S. & Martynov, A. 2017. Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 415–430. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 Reference page.
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.