Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida

Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1962. Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série C 11:1-123

Parent taxon: Aspidochirotida according to D. L. Pawson 1966

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bathysynactites, Collbatothuria, Holothuriidae, Holothuropsis, Parvispina, Stichopodidae, Synallactidae

Subtaxa: Ornaticannula bonhourei Ornaticannula micralcyonarites Ornaticannula solida Ornaticannula tesseyrei

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Type: Ornaticannula bonhourei

Ecology: epifaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Vaches Noires Cliff, stratigraphic bed unknown (Jurassic of France)

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