Ophiomusium rugosum Valette 1914 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae

Full reference: A. Valette. 1914. Les Ophiures de la Craie des Environs de Sens. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l'Yonne 68(18):125-150

Belongs to Ophiomusium according to A. Valette 1914

Sister taxa: Ophiomusium biconcavum, Ophiomusium calloviense, Ophiomusium dizluense, Ophiomusium eburneum, Ophiomusium ferrugineum, Ophiomusium fitchii, Ophiomusium gagnebini, Ophiomusium granulosum, Ophiomusium leckenbyi, Ophiomusium longecombense, Ophiomusium lux, Ophiomusium mammillatum, Ophiomusium murravii, Ophiomusium praecisum, Ophiomusium ramsayi, Ophiomusium sentum, Ophiomusium sinemurensis, Ophiomusium sinuatum, Ophiomusium solodurense, Ophiomusium vermiculatum, Ophiomusium weymouthiense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Campanian, Level J, Sens, Yonne, France, which is in a Campanian offshore ramp wackestone in the Craie de Sens Formation of France

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

Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Campanian, Level J, Sens, Yonne, France

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