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Ophiurida 
Ophiura ophiura Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Ophiurida Suborder: Ophiurina Infraorders see text.
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 (traditionally, the infraorders have been treated as suborders). It contains the genera Amphiura, Amphipholis, and Ophiacantha.
The suborder has been divided into the following recent infraorders and families [1]:
- Ophiacanthidae
Hemieuryalina
- Hemieuryalidae
Chilophiurina
- Amphilepididae
- Amphiuridae
- Ophiothricidae
- Ophiactidae
- Ophionereididae
- Ophiocomidae
Ophiodermatina
- Ophiochitonidae
- Ophiodermatidae
- Ophiolepidina
- Ophiolepididae
References
- ^ Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)
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