Ophiurina
Sign in to saveOphiurina are a suborder of brittle stars containing the majority of living brittle star species.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassOphiuroidea
- OrderOphiurida
- FamilyOphiurinidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Ophiurinidae
- Collections
- YPM, FWRI
- Recorded in
- Germany, United States
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Ophiurina are a suborder of brittle stars containing the majority of living brittle star species.
== Characteristics == Ophiurina contain a large number of ophiuroids with characteristics ranging from skin just covering the disk, the presence or absence of arm combs, and an infradental papilla occurring with a distinct diastema between it and its flanking oral papillae
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