Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Full reference: C.T. Berry. 1934. Miocene and recent ophiura skeletons. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 11:9-136
Belongs to Ophiura according to C.T. Berry 1939
See also Berry 1934
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 olifex, Ophiura ophiura, Ophiura paucilepis, Ophiura sarsii, Ophiura serrata, Ophiura sternbergica, Ophiura straini, Ophiura texana, Ophiura tinurtiensis, Ophiura travisana, Ophiura wetherelli, Ophioglypha bridgerensis, Ophioglypha paronai, Ophioglypha pulchra, Ophioglypha utahensis, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Cove Point (Miocene of Maryland)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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