Ophiotrichidae
Family of echinoderms
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Ophiotrichidae are a family of brittle stars within the suborder Gnathophiurina.
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| Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) foveolata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiurida |
| Suborder: | Gnathophiurina |
| Superfamily: | Ophiactoidea |
| Family: | Ophiotrichidae Ljungman, 1867 |
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All of its species have arms with delicate, translucent, thorny spines. Their arms are flexible in all directions. Their jaws contain clusters of well-developed tooth papillae on the apex but not on the sides. There are no mouth papillae. Inside the mouth edge there is a second pair of tube feet. They show large radial shields. The dorsal surface of the disc is covered with spines and thorny towers.
Systematics
Ophiotrichidae contains the following genera:[1]
- Asteria (nomen dubium)
- Gymnolophus Brock, 1888
- Lissophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938
- Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938
- Ophioaethiops Brock, 1888
- Ophiocampsis Duncan, 1887
- Ophiocnemis Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Ophiogymna Ljungman, 1866
- Ophiolophus Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887
- Ophiomaza Lyman, 1871
- Ophiophthirius Döderlein, 1898
- Ophiopsammium Lyman, 1874
- Ophiopteron Ludwig, 1888
- Ophiothela Verrill, 1867
- Ophiothrichoides Delage & Hérouard, 1903
- Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840
- Ophiotrichoides Ludwig, 1882
Une Macrophiothrix sp.
Ophiogymna funesta
Ophiomaza cacaotica
Ophiopteron elegans
Ophiopsammium semperi
Ophiothrix foveolata
Ophiothrix suensonii
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