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Ophiodermatidae
Sign in to saveOphiodermatidae are a family of brittle stars in the order Ophiacanthida.
Species
アワハダクモヒトデ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassOphiuroidea
- OrderOphiacanthida
- FamilyOphiodermatidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 203
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Ophiodermatidae
- Collections
- CAS, SIO, NMV, USNM
- Recorded in
- Canada, Philippines, Thailand, Mexico, Bermuda, Comoro Islands [Comoros], Honduras, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Systematics and phylogeny
- References
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. The family includes the following living genera: Bathypectinura Cryptopelta Diopederma Distichophis Ophiarachna Ophiarachnella Ophiochaeta Ophiochasma Ophioclastus Ophioconis Ophiocormus Ophiocryptus Ophioderma Ophiodyscrita Ophiolimna Ophioncus Ophiopaepale Ophiopeza Ophiopinax Ophiopsammus Ophiostegastus Ophiurochaeta Pectinura Schizoderma
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ophiodermatidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.