Ophiocomidae
Encyclopedia
Ophiocomidae are a family
of brittle star
s of the suborder Ophiurina
.
) to the superfamily
Ophiocomidea and infraorder Chilophiurina or suborder Chilophiurina in different classifications.
are included in the family according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of brittle star
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...
s of the suborder Ophiurina
Ophiurina
Ophiurina are a suborder of brittle stars containing the majority of living brittle star species.-Systematics:There is currently no consensus as to the subdivision of the Ophiurina . It contains the genera Amphiura, Amphipholis, and Ophiacantha.The suborder has been divided into the following...
.
Systematics and phylogeny
Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with OphionereididaeOphionereididae
Ophionereididae are a family of brittle stars.-Systematics:Ophionereididae has been placed to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Chilophiurina or suborder Chilophiurina in different classifications. Ophionereididae contains the following...
) 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.
Genera
The following generaGenus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
are included in the family according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):
- 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