Ophiocomidae

Ophiocomidae
Ophiocoma aethiops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Ophiuroidea
Order:	Ophiacanthida
Family:	Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867
Genera
See text.

Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.

Systematics and phylogeny

Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with Ophionereididae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Gnathophiurina[1] or suborder Gnathophiurina[2] in different classifications.

Genera

The following genera are included in the family according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):[3]

• Subfamily Ophiocominae
  • Genus Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970
  • Genus Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851
  • Genus Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1835
  • Genus Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939
  • Genus Ophiocomina Koehler, 1920 in Mortensen
  • Genus Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842
  • Genus Ophiopteris E.A. Smith, 1877
• Subfamily Ophiopsilinae
  • Genus Ophiopsila Forbes, 1843

References

1. Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)
2. "Ophiocomidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
3. Ophiocomidae World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-30.