Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Prodrome d'une monographie des radiaires ou échinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel 1:168-199
Parent taxon: Ophiuroidea according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ataxaster, Calclyra, Calclyridae, Calyptactis, Cheiropterasteridae, Encrinasteridae, Euryalida, Euzonosomatidae, Hallasteridae, Lumectaster, Muldaster, Myophiuridadup, Nodolanx, Oegophiurida, Oegophiuridea, Oegophiuroida, Ophiaulaxoides, Ophioma, Ophiopetagno, Ophiotrigonum, Ophiurida, Ophiuridea, Phrynophiurida, Stenasteridae, Zygophiurae
Subtaxa: Ophiurella bispinosa Ophiurella speciosa Ophiurella viguieri
Type: Ophiura speciosa
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (4 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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