Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Alternative combinations: Ophioderma griesbachii, Ophiurella griesbachii

Full reference: T. Wright. 1854. Contributions to the Palaeontology of Gloucestershire: a description, with figures of some new species of Echinodermata from the Lias and Oolites. The Annals and Magazine of natural History 2(13):376-383

Belongs to Ophiohybris according to H. Hess 1964

See also Wright 1854 and Wright 1866

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype BMNH E 1561

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

Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Bathonian, Oundle, Northamptonshire, UK (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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