Mesophiomusium decipiens Jagt 2000 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Full reference: J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids. Scripta Geologica 21:1-179

Belongs to Mesophiomusium according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000

Sister taxa: Mesophiomusium geisingense, Mesophiomusium moenense, Mesophiomusium paragraysonensis, Mesophiomusium scabrum

Type specimen: NHMM MB 734-12a, paratypes NHMM JJ 4436, MB 734-12b/d

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mesophiomusium decipiens in the database

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