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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 over 1900 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...
- subphylum includes the classes Asteroidea (the starfish or sea stars), Ophiuroidea (the brittle stars and basket stars), Somasteroidea (early asterozoans...
- The Melbourne Formation is a geologic formation in Victoria, Australia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period. The...
- The Nusplingen Limestone (German: Nusplingen Plattenkalk) is a geological formation in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It preserves fossils dating to the Kimmeridgian...
- Echinodermata Subphylum Asterozoa class Asteroidea (starfish) class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars) Subphylum Blastozoa † Subphylum Crinozoa (sea lillies...
- The Pitkin Formation, or Pitkin Limestone, is a fossiliferous geologic formation in northern Arkansas that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian...
- The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk is a collective term for multiple Late Jur****ic lithographic limestones in southeastern Germany, which...