Ophiuridae
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Ophiurina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Ophiuridae
Genera (5 + †5): †Felderophiura – †Hofmannistella – †Huangzhishania – Ophiocrossota – Ophiocten – Ophioctenella – †Ophioduplantiera – Ophionotus – Ophiura – †Syntomospina
- In synonymy: Homalophiura – Homophiura – Luetkenia – Ophioceramis – Ophioelegans – Ophioglypha – Ophioglyphina – Ophiotylos – Ophiozea – Ophiurolepis – Sinophiura – Theodoria
- Nomen dubium: Ophiopyrgoides
Name
[edit]Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840
- Type genus: Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
Synonymy
[edit]- Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840; — Paterson, 1985: 98; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 9–10; — Goharimanesh et al., 2021: 24–25.
References
[edit]- 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. - 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. - 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.
Links
[edit]- Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on September 28, 2025