Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiocomidae
Full reference: A. V. Ljungman. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerata. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskapsakademiens Forhandlingar Stockholm 1866(9):303-336
Parent taxon: Ophiocomoidea according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, Matsumoto 1915, Smith et al. 1995, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Storc and Zitt 2008
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ophiocoma Ophiocominae
Type: Ophiocominae
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1 collection), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), the Czech Republic (4), Denmark (1), France (9), Germany (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 27 collections including 35 occurrences