Ophiodermatidae Explained

Ophiodermatidae are a family of brittle stars in the order Ophiacanthida.

Systematics and phylogeny

Some fossils date as far back as the Changhsingian age, late in the Permian period.^[1] The family includes the following living genera:^[2]

• Bathypectinura
• Cryptopelta
• Diopederma
• Distichophis
• Ophiarachna
• Ophiarachnella
• Ophiochaeta
• Ophiochasma
• Ophioclastus
• Ophioconis
• Ophiocormus
• Ophiocryptus
• Ophioderma
• Ophiodyscrita
• Ophiolimna
• Ophioncus
• Ophiopaepale
• Ophiopeza
• Ophiopinax
• Ophiopsammus
• Ophiostegastus
• Ophiurochaeta
• Pectinura
• Schizoderma

Notes and References

1. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=80857&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database
2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123197 MarineSpecies.org - Ophiodermatidae Ljungman, 1867