Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiomyxidae
Full reference: A. V. Ljungman. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerata. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskapsakademiens Forhandlingar Stockholm 1866(9):303-336
Parent taxon: Ophiodermatoidea according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, Matsumoto 1915, O'Hara et al. 2017, Smith et al. 1995, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Storc and Zitt 2008
Sister taxa: Ophiodermatidae, Ophiopezidae
Subtaxa: Ophiarachna Ophiarachninae Ophiomyxa Ophiomyxinae
Type: Ophiomyxa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 16 collections including 22 occurrences