Enakomusium whymanae Ewin and Thuy 2017 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Other type material: NHMUK EE 16206, EE 16207, EE 16208, EE 16209, EE 16210, EE 16211 (paratypes); NHMUK EE 15466 (28 complete specimens and a collection of several hundred arm and disk fragments)

Full reference: T. A. M. Ewin and B. Thuy. 2017. Brittle stars from the British Oxford Clay: unexpected ophiuroid diversity on Jurassic sublittoral mud bottoms. Journal of Paleontology 91(4):781-798

Belongs to Enakomusium according to T. A. M. Ewin and B. Thuy 2017

Sister taxon: Enakomusium weymouthiense

Type specimen: NHMUK EE 16205, an other (disc and partial arms)

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Coln Quarry, Lechlade (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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