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Family of brittle stars

Ophiacanthidae
Ophiacanthidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiurida
Suborder: Ophiurina
Family: Ophiacanthidae
Ljungman, 1867
Type genus
Ophiacantha
Müller & Troschel, 1842

Ophiacanthidae is a family of brittle stars. Axel Vilhelm Ljungman circumscribed this taxon in 1867; he initially named the subfamily Ophiacanthinae within the family Amphiuridae. Gordon L. J. Paterson promoted its rank to family in 1985.

As of 2020, genera include:

References

  1. ^ O'Hara, Timothy D.; Stöhr, Sabine; Hugall, Andrew F.; Thuy, Ben; Martynov, Alexander (2018). "Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification". European Journal of Taxonomy (416): 14. doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.416.
  2. Thuy, Ben; Gale, Andy S.; Kroh, Andreas; Kucera, Michal; Numberger-Thuy, Lea D.; Reich, Mike; Stöhr, Sabine; Butler, Richard J. (2012). "Ancient Origin of the Modern Deep-Sea Fauna". PLOS ONE. 7 (10): e46913. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...746913T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046913. PMC 3468611. PMID 23071660.
  3. ^ Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T., Thuy, B. (2018). Stöhr S, O'Hara T (eds.). "Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867". World Ophiuroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  4. Ljungman, Axel (1867). "Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita". Öfversigt Af KGL. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866. 23 (9): 326.
  5. Paterson, Gordon L. J. (1985). "The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series. 49 (1): 22.
  6. Thuy, Ben; Landman, Neil H.; Larson, Neal L.; Numberger-Thuy, Lea D. (2018). "Brittle-star mass occurrence on a Late Cretaceous methane seep from South Dakota, USA". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 9617. Bibcode:2018NatSR...8.9617T. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-27326-z. PMC 6018167. PMID 29941907.
Taxon identifiers
Ophiacanthidae


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