| Basketstars | |
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| Astroboa nuda basket star feeding at night in the Red Sea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Phrynophiurida |
| Suborder: | Euryalina Lamarck, 1816 |
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Asteronychidae | |
The Euryalina are a suborder of brittle stars,[1] which includes large species with either branching arms (called "basket stars") or long and curling arms (called "snake stars"). It is sometimes listed as the order Euryalida.[2]
- ^ "Euryalina". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Smith, A.B.; Paterson, G.L.J. (1995). "Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: Morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives". Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (2): 213–243. doi:10.1006/zjls.1995.0024.