| Taxonomic Hierarchy 
        
          |  |  |  |  |  |  | Kingdom | Animalia 
 – Animal, animaux, animals |  |  |  | Subkingdom | Bilateria 
 – triploblasts |  |  |  | Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |  |  |  | Phylum | Echinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734]
 – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar |  |  |  | Subphylum | Asterozoa |  |  |  | Class | Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840
 – basket stars, brittlestars, snake stars, ofiúro, serpente do mar, ophiures, basket stars, brittle stars, brittlestars, snake stars |  |  |  | Order | Ophiurida Müller and Troschel, 1840
 – basket stars, serpent stars, basket stars, serpent stars |  |  |  | Suborder | Chilophiurina Matsumoto, 1915 |  |  |  | Family | Ophionereididae Ljungman, 1867 |  |  |  | Genus | Ophionereis Lütken, 1859 |  |  |  | Species | Ophionereis reticulata (Say, 1825) – reticulated brittle star, reticulated brittle star |  |  
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