Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1964. Die Ophiuren des englischen Jura. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetia 57(2):755-821
Belongs to Ophiura according to M Kutscher and L Villier 2003
See also Hess 1964, Kutscher 1996 and Kutscher and Hary 1991
Sister taxa: Ophiura (Aspidura), Ophiura achatae, 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 paronai, Ophioglypha utahensis, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis, Ophioglypha pulchra, Ophioglypha bridgerensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Pliensbachian, Aston Magna, Gloucestershire, UK, which is in a Pliensbachian deep subtidal shelf marl in the Middle Lias Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Germany (4), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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