Ophiozonella Matsumoto 1915 (brittle star)

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

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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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