Ophiopholis Müller and Troschel 1840 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiopholidae
Full reference: J. Müller and F.H. Troschel. 1840. Über die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 6:327-330
Parent taxon: Ophiopholidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Matsumoto 1915 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ophiopholis trispinosa
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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