Family Ophiactidae Matsumoto 1915 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiactidae

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: Ophiactoidea according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018

See also Jagt 2000, Martin-Medrano et al. 2009, O'Hara et al. 2017, Smith et al. 1995 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Ophiopholidae, Ophiothamnidae, Ophiotrichidae

Subtaxa: Ophiactis

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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

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