Zeugophiurina Explained

Zeugophiurina is a suborder of primitive brittle stars with three extinct families. The family Ophiocanopidae with only one living genus and species, Ophiocanops fugiens has been placed here^[1] but recent studies have challenged this classification.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Fell,H.B., The Phylogeny of Sea-Stars, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Vol.246, No.735 (1963)
2. Pawson,D.L.,Phylum Echinodermata, Zootaxa 1668: 749–764 (2007)