Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Full reference: C. F. Lütken. 1855. Bitrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelöbig oversigt over Grönlandshavets Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dasnk Naturhistorisk Forening 1854:95-104
Parent taxon: Ophiuridae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, Matsumoto 1915, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Felderophiura, Huangzhishania, Ophiocrossota, Ophioleucinae, Ophiura, Ophiurinae, Ophiurites
Subtaxa: Ophiocten seeweni Ophiocten yvonnae
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (3), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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