Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Full reference: M. Kutscher. 1981. Die Echinodermen des Oberoligozäns von Sternberg. Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften 9(2):221-239
Belongs to Ophiura according to M Kutscher 1981
Sister taxa: Ophiura (Aspidura), Ophiura achatae, Ophiura astonensis, Ophiura bartonensis, Ophiura bognoriensis, Ophiura carpelloides, Ophiura costata, Ophiura cretacea, Ophiura cunliffei, Ophiura davisi, Ophiura furiae, Ophiura graysonensis, Ophiura hendleri, Ophiura kunradeca, Ophiura marylandica, Ophiura olifex, Ophiura ophiura, Ophiura paucilepis, Ophiura sarsii, Ophiura serrata, Ophiura straini, Ophiura texana, Ophiura tinurtiensis, Ophiura travisana, Ophiura wetherelli, Ophioglypha bridgerensis, Ophioglypha paronai, Ophioglypha pulchra, Ophioglypha utahensis, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis
Type specimen: Holotype SGWG 64, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Late Oligocene, Sternberg (Oligocene of Germany)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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