Ophiomyxa 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, Ljungman 1867, Matsumoto 1915, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Storc and Zitt 2008
Sister taxa: Ophiarachna, Ophiarachninae, Ophiomyxinae
Subtaxa: Ophiomyxa curvata Ophiomyxa jekerica Ophiomyxa rhipidata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2)
Total: 10 collections including 15 occurrences
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