Ophionereididae are a family of

brittle star Brittle stars, serpent stars, or ophiuroids (; ; referring to the serpent-like arms of the brittle star) are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea, closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locomot ...

Systematics

Ophionereididae has been placed (along with

Ophiocomidae Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina. Systematics and phylogeny Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with Ophionereididae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eigh ...

) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and

infraorder Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...

Chilophiurina or suborder Chilophiurina in different classifications. Ophionereididae contains the following genera:MarineSpecies.org - Ophionereididae Ljungman, 1867
/ref> *'' Ophiocrasis'' *'' Ophiodoris'' *'' Ophionereis'' *'' Ophioneroides'' *'' Ophiotriton''

References

Ophiurida Echinoderm families {{Ophiuroidea-stub