Aspidophiura Matsumoto 1915 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiopyrgidae

Parent taxon: Ophiopyrgidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Amphiophiura, Stegophiura

Subtaxa: Aspidophiura seren

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

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

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