Ophiozonella Matsumoto 1915 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Hemieuryalidae
Full reference: H. Matsumoto. 1915. A new classification of Ophiuroidea: with description of genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:43-92
Parent taxon: Hemieuryalidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Thuy and Kroh 2011
Sister taxa: Hemieuryale, Hemieuryalinae, Sigsbeia
Subtaxa: Ophiozonella stoehrae
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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