Gnathophiurina Explained

The Gnathophiurina are a group of Ophiuroidea mostly treated as suborder (but at first as an order Gnathophiurida,^[1] and sometimes as infraorder of Ophiurina^[2] or not used at all).

Families

• Amphilepididae Matsumoto, 1915
• Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867
• Ophiactidae Matsumoto, 1915
• Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867
• Ophionereididae Ljungman, 1867
• Ophiothricidae Ljungman, 1867

Notes and References

1. Matsumoto,H., A New Classification of the Ophiuroidea: With Descriptions of New Genera and Species, Proc. of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol.67, No.1 (1915)
2. Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J. . Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)