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).
| Gnathophiurina | |
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| Amphipholis squamata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiurida |
| Suborder: | Gnathophiurina Matsumoto, 1915 |
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Families edit
- Amphilepididae Matsumoto, 1915
- Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867
- Ophiactidae Matsumoto, 1915
- Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867
- Ophionereididae Ljungman, 1867
- Ophiothricidae Ljungman, 1867
References edit
- ^ "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)
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