Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Alternative combination: Ophioglypha texana
Full reference: W. B. Clark. 1893. The Mesozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 97:1-207
Belongs to Ophiura according to C.T. Berry 1941
See also Clark 1893, Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Corgan 1962
Sister taxa: Ophiura (Aspidura), Ophiura achatae, Ophiura astonensis, Ophiura bartonensis, Ophiura bognoriensis, Ophiura carpelloides, Ophiura costata, Ophiura cretacea, Ophiura cunliffei, Ophiura davisi, Ophiura furiae, Ophiura graysonensis, Ophiura hendleri, Ophiura kunradeca, Ophiura marylandica, Ophiura olifex, Ophiura ophiura, Ophiura paucilepis, Ophiura sarsii, Ophiura serrata, Ophiura sternbergica, Ophiura straini, Ophiura tinurtiensis, Ophiura travisana, Ophiura wetherelli, Ophioglypha paronai, Ophioglypha utahensis, Ophioglypha bridgerensis, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis, Ophioglypha pulchra
Type specimen: USNM 21884
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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