Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiocomidae

Alternative combination: Ophiurella nereida

Full reference: T. Wright. 1880. Monograph of the British fossil Echinodermata from the oolithic formations. Volume 2 - The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Part 3. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 1880:155-203

Belongs to Ophiocoma according to H. Hess 1964

See also Wright 1880

Sister taxa: Ophiocoma hessi, Ophiocoma ishidai, Ophiocoma rasmusseni, Ophiocoma senonensis

Type specimen: Holotype BMNH E 1065

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Oxfordian, Sandsfoot Castle, Weymouth, Dorset, UK (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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