Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. B. Aronson. 1998. Eocene stelleroids (Echinodermata) at Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):339-353
Belongs to Ophiura according to D. B. Blake and R. B. Aronson 1998
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 kunradeca, Ophiura marylandica, Ophiura olifex, Ophiura ophiura, Ophiura paucilepis, Ophiura sarsii, Ophiura serrata, Ophiura sternbergica, Ophiura straini, Ophiura texana, Ophiura tinurtiensis, Ophiura travisana, Ophiura wetherelli, Ophioglypha bridgerensis, Ophioglypha paronai, Ophioglypha pulchra, Ophioglypha utahensis, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis
Type specimen: USNM 490436. Its type locality is W 86-03, Seymour Island, which is in a Lutetian lagoonal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (11 collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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