Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
Full reference: E. Kristan-Tollmann and F. Gramann. 1992. Paleontological evidence for the Triassic age of rocks dredged from the northern Exmouth Plateau (Tethyan foraminifers, echinoderms, and ostracodes). Proceedings Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 122:463-474
Belongs to Ophiacantha according to E. Kristan-Tollmann and F. Gramann 1992
Sister taxa: Ophiacantha biformis, Ophiacantha binitorulosa, Ophiacantha constricta, Ophiacantha danica, Ophiacantha dorecki, Ophiacantha francojurassica, Ophiacantha liesbergensis, Ophiacantha punctata, Ophiacantha rugosa, Ophiacantha striata, Ophiacantha suprajurassica, Ophiacantha toarcensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sample S08-61KD, Sonne Cruise 8, Wombat Plateau, which is in a Rhaetian deep subtidal marl in Australia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sample S08-61KD, Sonne Cruise 8, Wombat Plateau
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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