Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida

Metophiurida Matsumoto, 1913

Rank: Infraclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Infraclass group names

Euryophiurida O'Hara, Hugall, Thuy, Stöhr & Martynov, 2017 taxonomically included in
Ophintegrida O'Hara, Hugall, Thuy, Stöhr & Martynov, 2017 taxonomically included in

Children

Euryophiurida O'Hara, Hugall, Thuy, Stöhr & Martynov, 2017
Ophintegrida O'Hara, Hugall, Thuy, Stöhr & Martynov, 2017

Literature

original description

Matsumoto, H. (1913). Evolutionary history of the class Ophiuroidea and a note on the new classi cation of the class. Zoological Magazine. 25: 521-527.

taxonomy source

O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy. (416).

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Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Metophiurida. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1062634

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2021-08-19 by Sabine Stöhr

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