Ophiactis Lütken 1856 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiactidae
Full reference: F. C. Lütken. 1856. Bitrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelinge Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 1856:1-26
Parent taxon: Ophiactidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, Martin-Medrano et al. 2009, Matsumoto 1915 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ophiactis applegatei Ophiactis sulcata
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (1), Mexico (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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