Ophiocomidae

Belongs within: Ophiodermatidae.

The Ophiocomidae are a group of brittle stars bearing stout arms with long spines (Spencer & Wright 1966).

Characters (Spencer & Wright 1966): Arms stout, widest at some distance from base. Arm spines long, at angle to arm. Oral frame with well-developed lateral wings. Teeth stout, quadrangular. Oral papillae border each jaw. Dental papillae in clump at apex of each jaw,

<==Ophiocomidae
    |--Ophiocomella Clark 1939SW66
    |    |--*O. caribbaea Clark 1939SW66
    |    `--O. sexradia (Duncan 1887)SM15
    |--Ophiopteris Smith 1877SW66
    |    `--*O. antipodum Smith 1877SW66
    |--Ophiarthrum Peters 1851SW66
    |    |--*O. elegans Peters 1851SW66
    |    `--O. pictum Müller & Troschel 1842BM09
    |--Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel 1842 [incl. Acantharachna Smith 1877]SW66
    |    |--*O. annulosa (Lamarck 1816) [=Ophiura annulosa]SW66
    |    |--O. caryophyllata Lütken 1869SM15
    |    |--O. mixta Lütken 1869SM15
    |    |--O. palaoensis Murakami 1943SM15
    |    `--O. variabilis Koehler 1905BM09
    `--Ophiocoma Agassiz 1836SW66
         |--*O. echinata (Lamarck 1816) [=Ophiura echinata]SW66
         |--O. anaglyptica Ely 1944SM15
         |--O. brevipes Peters 1851SM15
         |--O. dentata Müller & Troschel 1842BM09
         |--O. doederleini de Loriol 1899BM09
         |--O. erinaceus Müller & Troschel 1842BM09
         |--O. nereida (Wright 1880)SG93
         |--O. nigraB89
         |--O. pica Müller & Troschel 1842SM15
         |--O. pusilla (Brock 1888)BM09
         |--O. rosulaH04
         |--O. schoenleinii (Müller & Troschel 1842)BM09
         `--O. scolopendrina (Lamarck 1816)SM15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B89] Boehm, G. 1889. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss fossiler Ophiuren. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg I. B. 4: 232–287, pls 4–5.

[BM09] Bryce, C., & L. Marsh. 2009. Echinodermata (Asteroidea, Echinoidea and Holothuroidea) of Mermaid (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 77: 209-220.

[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.

[SM15] Sampey, A., & L. M. Marsh. 2015. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: echinoderms. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 84: 207–246.

[SG93] Simms, M. J., A. S. Gale, P. Gilliland, E. P. F. Rose & G. D. Sevastopulo. 1993. Echinodermata. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 491–528. Chapman & Hall: London.

[SW66] Spencer, W. K., & C. W. Wright. 1966. Asterozoans. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt U. Echinodermata 3 vol. 1 pp. U4–U107. The Geological Society of America, Inc., and The University of Kansas Press.