Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
Synonym: Ophiocanopidae Mortensen 1933
Full reference: E. Perrier. 1893. Traité de Zoologie. Librairie S. Savy, Paris 1(2):1-864
Parent taxon: Ophiacanthina according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, Matsumoto 1915, Mortensen 1933, O'Hara et al. 2017, Shone 1986, Smith et al. 1995, Spencer and Wright 1966, Storc and Zitt 2008, Thuy 2011, Thuy et al. 2013 and Thuy and Kroh 2011
Sister taxa: Clarkcomidae, Ophiobyrsidae, Ophiocamacidae, Ophiodermatina, Ophiopteridae, Ophiotomidae
Subtaxa: Leadagmara Ophiacantha Ophiacanthinae Ophioglyphoida Ophiolancea Ophiopinna Ophioplinthaca Ophioplinthacinae
Type: Ophiacantha
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Belgium (3), the Czech Republic (3), Denmark (1), France (4), Germany (2), the Netherlands (1), South Africa (1)
• Jurassic of France (7), Germany (3), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (7), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Iran (1), Japan (1)
Total: 41 collections including 58 occurrences