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