Ophiolepididae are a family of brittle stars. It includes both deep-sea and shallow-water species.
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Ophiolepididae are a family of brittle stars. It includes both deep-sea and shallow-water species.
==Systematics and phylogeny== The fossils of Ophiolepididae date back to the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic. The family includes the following living genera: Amphipholizona Aspidophiura Ophiolepis Ophiomaria Ophiomidas Ophiomusa Ophioplinthus Ophiothyreus Ophiotrochus Ophiozonoida Ophiuroconis Ophiurodon
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