Ophiuroidea: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Scientific Name: Ophiuroidea

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Brittle star

Brittle stars, serpent stars, or ophiuroids (from Latin ophiurus 'brittle star'; from Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis) 'serpent' and οὐρά (ourá) 'tail'; referring to the serpent-like arms of the brittle star) are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea, closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locomotion. The ophiuroids generally have five long, slender, whip-like arms which may reach up to 60 cm (24 in) in length on the largest specimens.

The Ophiuroidea contain two large clades, Ophiurida (brittle stars) and Euryalida (basket stars). Over 2,000 species of brittle stars live today. More than 1,200 of these species are found in deep waters, greater than 200 m (656 ft) deep.

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Ophiuroidea in languages:

Afrikaans: Slangseesterre
Belarusian: Афіуры
Belarusian: Змеяхвосткі
Bokmål: Slangestjerner
Catalan: Ofiuroïdeu
Chinese: 蛇尾
Chinese: 陽燧足
Croatian: Zmijače
Danish: Slangestjerner
Dutch: Slangsterren
English: Brittle Stars
English: Brittlestars
Esperanto: Ofiuredoj
Estonian: Madutähed
Finnish: Käärmetähdet
French: Ophiures
German: Schlangensterne
Hebrew: נחשוני ים
Hungarian: Kígyókarúak
Indonesian: Bintang Ular
Italian: Ofiura
Italian: Stella serpentina
Japanese: クモヒトデ綱
Japanese: 蛇尾綱
Lithuanian: Ofiūros
Modern Greek: Οφιουροειδή
Polish: Wężowidła
Portuguese: Ofiúros
Russian: Офиуры
Russian: Змеехвостки
Slovene: Kačjerepi
Swedish: Ormstjärnor
Thai: ดาวเปราะ ฯลฯ
Turkish: Yılanyıldızı
Vietnamese: Đuôi rắn

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Parent Taxon

Echinodermata

Sibling Taxa

Child Taxa

Myophiuroida

Ophiuroidea: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Brittle star

Ophiuroidea in languages:

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Parent Taxon

Sibling Taxa

Child Taxa

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