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Ophionereididae

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophionereididae

Taxonomy
Ophionereididae was named by Ljungman (1867). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Ophionereidinae by Matsumoto (1915).

It was assigned to Ophiochitonidae by Matsumoto (1915); to Ophiocomidea by Smith et al. (1995); to Ophionereididea by O'Hara et al. (2017); and to Ophionereidoidea by O'Hara et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Ophionereididae Ljungman
1915Ophiochitonidae Matsumoto p. 88
1915Ophionereidinae Matsumoto p. 90
1995Ophiochitonidae Smith et al.
1995Ophionereididae Smith et al.
2017Ophionereididae O'Hara et al.
2018Ophionereididae O'Hara et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderAmphilepidida
suborderOphionereidina
superfamilyOphionereidoidea
familyOphionereididae
familyOphionereididae

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. Ophionereididae Ljungman 1867
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G. Ophiochiton Lyman 1878
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Ophiochiton pratti Forbes 1843
G. †Ophioplax Lyman 1875
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Ophioplax pratti Forbes 1844
Invalid names: Ophiochitonidae Matsumoto 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available