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Ophiopezidae

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiopezidae

Taxonomy
Ophiopezidae was named by O'Hara et al. (2018). It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Ophiodermatidea by O'Hara et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Ophiodermatoidea by O'Hara et al. (2018).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Ophiopezidae O'Hara et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderOphiacanthida
suborderOphiacanthina
infraorderOphiodermatina
superfamilyOphiodermatoidea
familyOphiopezidae
familyOphiopezidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Ophiopezidae O'Hara et al. 2018
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G. Ophiopeza Peters 1851
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Ophiopeza ferrugineum Boehm 1889
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Invalid names: Ophiolepis bigoti Porte 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available