original description
Verrill, A. E. (1899). North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(7), 301-386.
page(s): 355 [details]
taxonomy source
Martynov, A. (2010). Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2697: 1-154. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Since the type genus Ophiochondrus has been transferred to Ophiacanthidae, this subfamily either needs a new name or should be removed. [details]