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Ophiodermatid Brittle Stars

Ophiodermatidae Ljungman 1867

Ophiodermatidae

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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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Ophiodermatidae: Brief Summary

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Ophiodermatidae are a family of brittle stars in the suborder Ophiurina.

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Description

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Arms projecting from, and well fused to, the edge of the disc. Disc covered in dense coating of granules. Arm spines short. Richmond 1997 <282>.

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bibliographic citation: MASDEA (1997).
contributor: Edward Vanden Berghe [email]

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