Family Ophiopezidaefam. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 5CB2AA19-60FA-4483-A659-998AF13B3E55

Type genus

Ophiopeza Peters, 1851 (type species: O. fallax Peters, 1851).

Other genera

Ophiochaeta Lütken, 1869 .

Diagnosis

Dorsal disc covered with granules ( Ophiopeza) or needle-like spines ( Ophiochaeta). Dental plate entire, with coarsely porous stereom, tooth sockets as small, not penetrating holes with indistinct borders, on the ventral end a pair of sockets. Arm spine articulation with swollen dorsal lobe and thin ventral lobe, well defined sigmoidal fold. Lateral arm plates with conspicuous ornamentation (tubercles of variable size in Ophiopeza).