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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:
23 branches of this order, most-observed first
Ophiodermatina
suborderOphiodermatina
Ophiacanthina
suborderOphiacanthina
Ophioncus
genusOphioncus
Ophiodyscrita
genusOphiodyscrita
Ophiodelos
genusOphiodelos
Ophiacanthella
genusOphiacanthella
Ophiopaepale
genusOphiopaepale
Pectinura
genusPectinura
Ophiostyracium
genusOphiostyracium
Ophiomora
genusOphiomora
Ophiobrachion
genusOphiobrachion
Ophiosciasma
genusOphiosciasma
Ophioclastus
genusOphioclastus
Ophioblenna
genusOphioblenna
Ophiogema
genusOphiogema
Ophioparva
genusOphioparva
Ophiolamina
genusOphiolamina
Ophiodictys
genusOphiodictys
Ophiodaces
genusOphiodaces
Microphiura
genusMicrophiura
Ophiomedea
genusOphiomedea
Ophiochondrella
genusOphiochondrella
Ophiambix
genusOphiambix
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Ophiacanthida in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 774990.