| Ophiocomidae | |
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| Ophiocoma aethiops | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiacanthida |
| Family: | Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867 |
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Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.
Systematics and phylogeny
Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with Ophionereididae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Gnathophiurina or suborder Gnathophiurina in different classifications.
Genera
The following genera are included in the family according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):
- Subfamily Ophiocominae
- Genus Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970
- Genus Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851
- Genus Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1835
- Genus Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939
- Genus Ophiocomina Koehler, 1920 in Mortensen
- Genus Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Genus Ophiopteris E.A. Smith, 1877
- Subfamily Ophiopsilinae
- Genus Ophiopsila Forbes, 1843
References
- Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)
- "Ophiocomidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Ophiocomidae World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
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