Ophiochiton Lyman 1878 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophionereididae

Full reference: T. Lyman. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the "Challenger" expedition. 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5:65-163

Parent taxon: Ophionereididae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018

See also Matsumoto 1915 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Ophioplax, Ophiochitoninae

Subtaxa: Ophiochiton pratti

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Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Oxfordian, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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