Ophiodermatid Brittle Stars

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)

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