Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Alternative combination: Ophioglypha wetherelli
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1852. Monograph of the Echinodermata of the British Tertiaries. Palaeontographical Society London 6:1-36
Belongs to Ophiura according to H. W. Rasmussen 1972
See also Busk 1866, Davis 1923, Forbes 1852 and Rundle and Cooper 1970
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, Ophioglypha utahensis, Ophioglypha bridgerensis, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis, Ophioglypha pulchra, Ophioglypha paronai
Type specimen: Lectotype, BMNH E.2670
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ophiura wetherelli in the database
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