Ophiohybris Hess 1964 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Full reference: H. Hess. 1964. Die Ophiuren des englischen Jura. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetia 57(2):755-821

Parent taxon: Ophiopetrinae according to H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008

See also Hess 1964

Sister taxon: Ophiopetra

Subtaxa: Ophiohybris griesbachii

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Type: Ophioderma griesbachii

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Bathonian, Oundle, Northamptonshire, UK (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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