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Gorgonocephalidae
Family of brittle stars / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gorgonocephalidae is a family of basket stars. They have characteristic many-branched arms.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Ophiuroidea |
Order: | Phrynophiurida |
Suborder: | Euryalina |
Family: | Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867 |
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Gorgonocephalidae are the largest ophiuroids (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis can measure up to 70 cm in arm length with a disk diameter of 14 cm).[1]