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Ophiocomoidea

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida

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

It was corrected as Ophiocomoidea by O'Hara et al. (2018).

It was assigned to Gnathophiurina by Smith et al. (1995), Jagt (2000) and Storc and Zitt (2008); and to Ophiodermatina by O'Hara et al. (2018).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Ophiocomidea Ljungman
1995Ophiocomidea Smith et al.
2000Ophiocomidea Jagt p. 26
2008Ophiocomidea Storc and Zitt p. 131
2018Ophiocomoidea O'Hara et al. p. 16

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

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.

Superfm. Ophiocomoidea Ljungman 1867
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Fm. Ophiocomidae Ljungman 1867
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G. Ophiocoma Agassiz 1836
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Ophiocoma hessi Rasmussen 1972
Ophiocoma ishidai Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Ophiocoma nereida Wright 1880
Ophiocoma rasmusseni Hess 1960
Ophiocoma senonensis Valette 1914
Invalid names: Ophiocominae Matsumoto 1915 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available