Ophiothrix Müller and Troschel 1840 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiotrichidae
Full reference: J. Müller and F.H. Troschel. 1840. Über die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 6:327-330
Parent taxon: Ophiotrichidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, Ljungman 1867, Matsumoto 1915, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxon: Ophiothela
Subtaxa: Ophiothrix bongaertsi Ophiothrix cristata Ophiothrix royeri
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (1), the Netherlands (1)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences
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