Ophiocomidae
{{Short description|Family of brittle stars}}
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| name = Ophiocomidae
| image = Ophiocoma aethiops 01 by Line1.jpg
| image_caption = Ophiocoma aethiops
| taxon = Ophiocomidae
| authority = Ljungman, 1867
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text.
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Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.
Systematics and phylogeny
Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with Ophionereididae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder GnathophiurinaSmith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995) or suborder Gnathophiurina{{ITIS |id=157482 |taxon=Ophiocomidae}} in different classifications.
Genera
The following genera are included in the family according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152490 Ophiocomidae] World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- Subfamily Ophiocominae
- Genus Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970
- Genus Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851
- Genus Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1835
- Genus Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939
- Genus Ophiocomina Koehler, 1920 in Mortensen
- Genus Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Genus Ophiopteris E.A. Smith, 1877
- Subfamily Ophiopsilinae
- Genus Ophiopsila Forbes, 1843
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