Family Clarkcomidae O'Hara et al. 2018 (brittle star)
Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Clarkcomidae
Full reference: T. D. O'Hara, S. Stöhr, A. F. Hugall, B. Thuy, and A. Martynov. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416:1-35
Parent taxon: Ophiacanthina according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also O'Hara et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Ophiacanthidae, Ophiobyrsidae, Ophiocamacidae, Ophiodermatina, Ophiopteridae, Ophiotomidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Clarkcomidae in the database