- Ophiodermatidae
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Ophiodermatidae 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclass: Cryptosyringida Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Ophiurida Suborder: Ophiurina Infraorder: Ophiodermatina Family: Ophiodermatidae Genera See text.
Ophiodermatidae are a family of brittle stars in the suborder Ophiurina.
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
- Ophioconus (accepted as Ophioconis)
- Ophiocormus
- Ophiocryptus
- Ophioderma
- Ophiodyscrita
- Ophioncus
- Ophiopaepale
- Ophiopeza
- Ophiopezella (accepted as Ophiopeza)
- Ophiopinax
- Ophiopsammus
- Ophiostegastus
- Ophiurochaeta
- Pectinura
- Schizoderma
- Toporkovia (accepted as Ophiolimna)
References
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