Zeugophiurina

Zeugophiurina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Ophiuroidea
Order:	Oegophiurida
Suborder:	Zeugophiurina; (Matsumoto 1929)
Families
	Ophiocanopidae; †Furcasteridae; †Klasmuridae; †Lapworthuridae

Zeugophiurina is a suborder of primitive brittle stars with three extinct families. The family Ophiocanopidae with only one living genus and species, Ophiocanops fugiens has been placed here[1][2] but recent studies have challenged this classification.[3]

References

Fell,H.B., The Phylogeny of Sea-Stars, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Vol.246, No.735 (1963)
"Zeugophiurina". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Pawson,D.L.,Phylum Echinodermata, Zootaxa 1668: 749–764 (2007)

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[1] Fell,H.B., The Phylogeny of Sea-Stars, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Vol.246, No.735 (1963)

[2] "Zeugophiurina". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[3] Pawson,D.L.,Phylum Echinodermata, Zootaxa 1668: 749–764 (2007)