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Ophiodermatidae

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Ophiodermatidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiacanthida
Suborder: Ophiodermatina
Family: Ophiodermatidae
Ljungman, 1867
Genera

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Ophiodermatidae are a family of brittle stars in the order Ophiacanthida.

Systematics and phylogeny

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Some fossils date as far back as the Changhsingian age, late in the Permian period.[1] The family includes the following living genera:[2]

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