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

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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

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