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...
- generally recognized: the Asteroidea (starfish, with some 1,745 species), Ophiuroidea (brittle stars, with around 2,300 species), Echinoidea (sea urchins and...
- Dicyemida Crinoidea (sea lilies and feather stars) Asteroidea (star fish) Ophiuroidea (brittle stars) Echinoidea (sea urchins) Holothuroidea (sea cu****bers)...
- in F. A. Bather's echinoderm taxonomy, which grouped Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea within it as subclasses due to their Paleozoic history. In 1966, the...
- Stöhr S, O'Hara T (eds.). "Ophiocoma echinata (Lamarck, 1816)". World Ophiuroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-03-30. de...
- subphylum includes the classes Asteroidea (the starfish or sea stars), Ophiuroidea (the brittle stars and basket stars), Somasteroidea (early asterozoans...
- 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...
- The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk is a collective term for multiple Late Jur****ic lithographic limestones in southeastern Germany, which...
- 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...
- The Saubach Formation is a geological formation in Austria and Germany, dating to about 180–174 million years ago. It was described originally as Saubachschichten...