Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida

Full reference: N. S. Smith, B. Thuy, C. Sain and C. D. Sumrall. 2025. A diverse brittle star (Ophiuroidea: Echinodermata) fauna from the Upper Mississippian (Serpukhovian) of Sulphur, Indiana, USA, and its implications for late Paleozoic brittle star biodiversity. Journal of Paleontology 99(5):1142-1161

Parent taxon: Ophiacanthida according to N. S. Smith et al. 2025

Sister taxon: Ophiacanthina

Subtaxa: Covidaster medicus

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Type: Covidaster medicus

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

Distribution: found only at Sulphur ophiuroids

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