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Ophiuridae  Lyman, 1865
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157384

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Ophiolepididae
 
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassOphiuroidea Gray, 1840 – basket stars, brittlestars, snake stars, ofiúro, serpente do mar, ophiures, basket stars, brittle stars, brittlestars, snake stars  
                   OrderOphiurida Müller and Troschel, 1840 – basket stars, serpent stars, basket stars, serpent stars  
                      SuborderChilophiurina Matsumoto, 1915  
                         FamilyOphiuridae Lyman, 1865  
    Direct Children:  
                            GenusAmphiophiura Matsumoto, 1915  
                            GenusAmphitarsus   
                            GenusAnthophiura Sladen, 1855  
                            GenusAstrophiura   
                            GenusHomalophiura   
                            GenusOphiocten   
                            GenusOphiolepis Müller and Troschel, 1840  
                            GenusOphiomusium Lyman, 1869  
                            GenusOphionotus   
                            GenusOphiopenia Lütken, 1855  
                            GenusOphiophycis   
                            GenusOphioplax   
                            GenusOphiopleura   
                            GenusOphioplocus Lyman, 1861  
                            GenusOphiozona Lyman, 1865  
                            GenusOphiozonella   
                            GenusOphiura Lamarck, 1801  
                            GenusStegophiura Matsumoto, 1917  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Ophiuridae   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Spencer, W. K., and C. W. Wright / Durham, J. Wyatt, et al. / Moore, Raymond C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title: Asterozoans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, vol. 1   
  Page(s): U4-U107   
  Publisher: The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
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  Reference for: Ophiuridae   
       

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