Ophiacanthida: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Ophiuroidea
- Order
- Ophiacanthida
- Family
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Ophiacanthida
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ophiacanthida
Ophiacanthida is an order of echinoderms belonging to the class Ophiuroidea.
The order contains two suborders, Ophiodermatina and Ophiacanthina, which include the following families:
- Ophiodermatina Ljungman, 1867
- Ophiodermatidae
- Ophiomyxidae
- Ophiopezidae
- Ophiocomidae
- Ophiacanthina O'Hara, Hugall, Thuy, Stöhr & Martynov, 2017
- Clarkcomidae
- Ophiacanthidae
- Ophiobyrsidae
- Ophiocamacidae
- Ophiopteridae
- Ophiotomidae
- Ophiojuridae
Ophiacanthida in languages:
- Japanese
- トゲナガクモヒトデ目
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