Ophiocomidae Explained

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^[1] or suborder Gnathophiurina in different classifications.

Genera

The following genera are included in the family according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):^[2]

• • • 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

Notes and References

1. Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)
2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152490 Ophiocomidae