There is currently no consensus as to the subdivision of the Ophiurina (traditionally, the infraorders have been treated as suborders). It contains the genera Amphiura, Amphipholis, and Ophiacantha.
The suborder has been divided into the following recent infraorders and families
^Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J., Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)
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ophiurina, suborder, brittle, stars, containing, majority, living, brittle, star, species, ophiura, ophiurascientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, echinodermataclass, ophiuroideaorder, ophiuridasuborder, müller, troschel, 1840infrao. Ophiurina are a suborder of brittle stars containing the majority of living brittle star species OphiurinaOphiura ophiuraScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum EchinodermataClass OphiuroideaOrder OphiuridaSuborder OphiurinaMuller amp Troschel 1840InfraordersSee textSystematics editThere is currently no consensus as to the subdivision of the Ophiurina traditionally the infraorders have been treated as suborders It contains the genera Amphiura Amphipholis and Ophiacantha The suborder has been divided into the following recent infraorders and families 1 OphiacanthidaeHemieuryalina HemieuryalidaeChilophiurina OphiuridaeGnathophiurina Amphilepididae Amphiuridae Ophiothricidae Ophiactidae Ophionereididae OphiocomidaeOphiodermatina Ophiochitonidae Ophiodermatidae Ophiolepidina OphiolepididaeReferences edit Smith A B Paterson G L J Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy morphological molecular and palaeontological perspectives Zool J Linn Soc 114 1995 nbsp This Ophiuroidea related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ophiurina amp oldid 1110833034, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
