Family Ophiopholidae O'Hara et al. 2018 (brittle star)
Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiopholidae
Full reference: T. D. O'Hara, S. Stöhr, A. F. Hugall, B. Thuy, and A. Martynov. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416:1-35
Parent taxon: Ophiactoidea according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also O'Hara et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Ophiactidae, Ophiothamnidae, Ophiotrichidae
Subtaxa: Ophiopholis
Type: Ophiopholis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Germany (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence