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Ophiacanthidae
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Ophiacanthidae

Ophiacanthidae is a family of brittle stars. Axel Vilhelm Ljungman circumscribed this taxon in 1867; he initially named the subfamily Ophiacanthinae within the family Amphiuridae. Gordon L. J. Paterson promoted its rank to family in 1985.

As of 2020, genera include:

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16 branches of this family, most-observed first

Ophiacantha

genusOphiacantha

Ophiophthalmus

genusOphiophthalmus

Ophiosabine

genusOphiosabine

Ophioplinthaca

genusOphioplinthaca

Ophiurothamnus

genusOphiurothamnus

Ophiolebes

genusOphiolebes

Ophialcaea

genusOphialcaea

Ophiomitrella

genusOphiomitrella

Ophiolimna

genusOphiolimna

Ophiocanops

genusOphiocanops

Ophioripa

genusOphioripa

Ophiosemnotes

genusOphiosemnotes

Ophientrema

genusOphientrema

Ophiochondrus

genusOphiochondrus

Ophiohamus

genusOphiohamus

Ophiomoeris

genusOphiomoeris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 195632.