Ophiosmilax Matsumoto 1915 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiobyrsidae
Full reference: H. Matsumoto. 1915. A new classification of Ophiuroidea: with description of genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:43-92
Parent taxon: Ophiobyrsidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, Matsumoto 1915, Spencer and Wright 1966, Storc 2004 and Storc and Zitt 2008
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ophiosmilax alternatus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3 collections), the Czech Republic (5), Denmark (1), Germany (2), Tunisia (1)
Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences
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