Ophionereididae

Ophionereididae
	Ophionereis reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Eleutherozoa
Class:	Ophiuroidea
Order:	Ophiurida
Suborder:	Ophiurina
Family:	Ophionereididae; Ljungman, 1867
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	Ophiochitonidae Matsumoto, 1915; Ophionereidae;

Ophionereididae are a family of brittle stars.

Systematics

Ophionereididae has been placed (along with Ophiocomidae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Chilophiurina[1] or suborder Chilophiurina[2] in different classifications. Ophionereididae contains the following genera:[3]

Ophiocrasis
Ophiodoris
Ophionereis
Ophioneroides
Ophiotriton

References

Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)
"Ophionereididae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
MarineSpecies.org - Ophionereididae Ljungman, 1867

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[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] "Ophionereididae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[3] MarineSpecies.org - Ophionereididae Ljungman, 1867