Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Alternative combination: Ophiura fitchii
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1907. A Monograph of the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous formations. Volume second: The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Paleontographical Society Monographs 2(4):91-132
Belongs to Ophiomusium according to L. Villier 2010
See also Spencer 1907
Sister taxa: Ophiomusium biconcavum, Ophiomusium calloviense, Ophiomusium dizluense, Ophiomusium eburneum, Ophiomusium ferrugineum, Ophiomusium gagnebini, Ophiomusium granulosum, Ophiomusium leckenbyi, Ophiomusium longecombense, Ophiomusium lux, Ophiomusium mammillatum, Ophiomusium murravii, Ophiomusium praecisum, Ophiomusium ramsayi, Ophiomusium rugosum, Ophiomusium sentum, Ophiomusium sinemurensis, Ophiomusium sinuatum, Ophiomusium solodurense, Ophiomusium vermiculatum, Ophiomusium weymouthiense
Type specimen: Holotype 2294, Norwich Castle Museum
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ophiomusium fitchii in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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