It has been regarded as the most primitive brittle star, close to paleozoic forms, though some authors disagree with the view Hotchkiss, F.H.C, Ophiuroid Ophiocanops (Echinodermata) not a living fossil, Journal of Natural History, Vol.11, No.4,1977.
It has been regarded as the most primitive brittle star, close to paleozoic forms Mortensen, Th., On an extraordinary ophiurid, Ophiocanops fugiens Koehler. Kobenhaven 93.1933, though some authors disagree with the view Hotchkiss, F.H.C, Ophiuroid Ophiocanops (Echinodermata) not a living fossil, Journal of Natural History, Vol.11, No.4,1977.