†Ophiarachna martinblomi Jagt 2000 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiomyxidae
Full reference: J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids. Scripta Geologica 21:1-179
Belongs to Ophiarachna according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000
Sister taxon: Ophiarachna liasica
Type specimen: Holotype NHMM MB 108-10a, paratypes NHMM MB 108-10b, NHMM K 400
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Blom quarry, Berg en Terblijt (middle Meerssen Mb) (Cretaceous of Netherlands)
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