Definition of Ophiuroidea. Meaning of Ophiuroidea. Synonyms of Ophiuroidea

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Definition of Ophiuroidea

Ophiuroidea
Ophiurioidea O`phi*u`ri*oi"de*a, Ophiuroidea O`phi*u*roi"de*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? serpent + ? tail + ? form.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea. See Illust. under Brittle star.

Meaning of Ophiuroidea from wikipedia

- 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...
- subphylum includes the classes Asteroidea (the starfish or sea stars), Ophiuroidea (the brittle stars and basket stars), Somasteroidea (early asterozoans...
- This List of echinoderm orders concerns the various classes and orders into which taxonomists categorize the roughly 7000 extant species as well as the...
- generally recognized: the Asteroidea (starfish, with over 1900 species), Ophiuroidea (brittle stars, with around 2,300 species), Echinoidea (sea urchins and...
- in submarine canyons in Sodwana Bay. Unlike some other species within Ophiuroidea that form aggregations, Astroboa nuda are usually found alone or in groups...
- in F. A. Bather's echinoderm taxonomy, which grouped Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea within it as subclasses due to their Paleozoic history. In 1966, the...
- The marine waters of the Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain off the coast of Western Australia, has been recorded as containing 172 species of echinoderm...
- (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) Arm Regeneration on Moorea, French Polynesia. eScholarship, University of California. OCLC 1084702158. Biolib Ophiuroidea Data Base...
- the central disk of a sea star or sea urchin or the oral surface of Ophiuroidea. Close up, it is visibly structured, resembling a "madrepore" (stone...
- initially described by Wilhelm Peters, in 1851. They belong to the class Ophiuroidea in the Phylum Echinodermata. O. venosa have distinct club-shaped spines...