Ophioderma (echinoderm)

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Ophioderma is a genus of brittle stars in the family Ophiodermatidae.

Ophioderma
Temporal range: Changhsingian–Recent [1]
Ophioderma longicaudum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiacanthida
Family: Ophiodermatidae
Genus: Ophioderma
Müller & Troschel, 1840

Species

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It includes the following species:[2]

 
Ophioderma brevispina
 
Chocolate brittle star (Ophioderma cinerea)
 
Ophioderma panamense
 
Ophioderma egertoni, Early Jurassic

References

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  1. ^ Twitchett, Richard J.; Oji, Tatsuo. "Early Triassic recovery of echinoderms".
  2. ^ Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2020-11-01.
  3. ^ Humara-Gil, Karla J.; Granja-Fernández, Rebeca; Bautista-Guerrero, Eric; Rodríguez-Troncoso, Alma P. (2022). "Overlooked for over a century: Ophioderma occultum sp. nov. (Echinodermata), a new species of brittle star from the Eastern Pacific". Journal of Natural History. 56 (5–8): 365–384. doi:10.1080/00222933.2022.2071179.