Gnathophiurina
| Gnathophiurina | |
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| Amphipholis squamata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiurida |
| Suborder: | Gnathophiurina Matsumoto, 1915 |
| Families | |
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The Gnathophiurina are a group of Ophiuroidea mostly treated as suborder[1] (but at first as an order Gnathophiurida,[2] and sometimes as infraorder of Ophiurina[3] or not used at all).
Families
In the superfamily Amphiuroidea:[4]
- Amphilepididae Matsumoto, 1915
- Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867
In the superfamily Ophiactoidea:[5]
- Ophiactidae Matsumoto, 1915
- Ophiopholidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018
- Ophiothamnidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018
- Ophiotrichidae Ljungman, 1867
References
- ↑ "Gnathophiurina". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Matsumoto, H., A New Classification of the Ophiuroidea: With Descriptions of New Genera and Species, Proc. of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol.67, No.1 (1915)
- ↑ Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J. . Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1995)
- ↑ Stöhr S, O'Hara T, eds. (2026). "Amphiuroidea Ljungman, 1867". World Ophiuroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
- ↑ Stöhr S, O'Hara T, eds. (2026). "Ophiactoidea Ljungman, 1867". World Ophiuroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
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