Ophiuroidea — noun brittle stars and basket stars • Syn: ↑class Ophiuroidea • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Echinodermata, ↑phylum Echinodermata • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Ophiuroidea — Ophiurioidea O phi*u ri*oi de*a, Ophiuroidea O phi*u*roi de*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. o fis serpent + oyra tail + e i^dos form.] (Zo[ o]l.) A class of star shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ophiurida — Ophiuroidea Temporal range: Devonian present [1] Ophiura ophiura Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Brittle star — Temporal range: 488.2–0 Ma … Wikipedia
echinoderm — /i kuy neuh derrm , ek euh neuh /, n. any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea … Universalium
Oegophiurida — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Ophiuroidea … Wikipedia
Ophiurida — noun brittle stars • Syn: ↑subclass Ophiurida • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Ophiuroidea, ↑class Ophiuroidea • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Echinodermata — noun radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers • Syn: ↑phylum Echinodermata • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom … Useful english dictionary
phylum Echinodermata — noun radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers • Syn: ↑Echinodermata • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom … Useful english dictionary
Ophiuroids — Not to be confused with Ophiurida, an order within the class Ophiuroidea. Ophiuroids are members of the class Ophiuroidea, which includes brittle stars and basket stars. Both brittle and basket stars are somewhat similar to sea stars in that they … Wikipedia