Ophiacanthidae

Ophiacanthidae is a family of brittle stars.^[2][3] Axel Vilhelm Ljungman circumscribed this taxon in 1867; he initially named the subfamily Ophiacanthinae within the family Amphiuridae.^[4] Gordon L. J. Paterson promoted its rank to family in 1985.^[5]

Ophiacanthidae
Ophiacanthidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Ophiuroidea
Order:	Ophiurida
Suborder:	Ophiurina
Family:	Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867[1]
Type genus
Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842

As of 2020^[update], genera include:^[1][3][6]

• Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842
• Ophiohamus O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006
• Brezinacantha Thuy et al., 2018