Ophionereididae
Encyclopedia
Ophionereididae are a family of brittle star
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) to the superfamily
Ophiocomidea and infraorder Chilophiurina or suborder Chilophiurina in different classifications. Ophionereididae contains the following genera:
Brittle star
Brittle stars or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish. They crawl across the seafloor using their flexible arms for locomotion. The ophiuroids generally have five long slender, whip-like arms which may reach up to in length on the largest specimens...
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Systematics
Ophionereididae has been placed (along with OphiocomidaeOphiocomidae
Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.-Systematics and phylogeny:Ophiocomidae has been placed to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Chilophiurina or suborder Chilophiurina in different classifications.-Genera:The following genera are included in the family...
) to the superfamily
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
Ophiocomidea and infraorder Chilophiurina or suborder Chilophiurina in different classifications. Ophionereididae contains the following genera:
- Ophiocrasis
- Ophiodoris
- Ophionereis
- Ophioneroides
- Ophiotriton