Ophioglypha paronai Checchia-Rispoli 1921 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Full reference: G. Checchia-Rispoli. 1921. Fauna del Neocretacico della Tripolitania. Echinidi. Memorie per servire alla descripzione della carta geologica d'Italia 8(2):3-31

Belongs to Ophioglypha according to G. Checchia-Rispoli 1921

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 texana, Ophiura tinurtiensis, Ophiura travisana, Ophiura wetherelli, Ophioglypha utahensis, Ophioglypha bridgerensis, Ophioglypha pulchra, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ophioglypha paronai in the database

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