Ophiarachna Müller and Troschel 1842 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiomyxidae
Full reference: J. Müller and F.H. Troschel. 1842. System der Asteriden. F. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1-147
Parent taxon: Ophiomyxidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, Kutscher and Villier 2003, Matsumoto 1915 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Ophiarachninae, Ophiomyxa, Ophiomyxinae
Subtaxa: Ophiarachna liasica Ophiarachna martinblomi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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