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Ophiura texana

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Taxonomy
Ophioglypha texana was named by Clark (1893). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 21884.

It was recombined as Ophiura texana by Berry (1941), Corgan (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Ophioglypha texana Clark p. 30 figs. pl. 4 fig. 1a-c
1915Ophioglypha texana Clark and Twitchell p. 43 figs. pl. 8 fig. 3a-c
1941Ophiura texana Berry p. 61 figs. pl. 9 fig. 11, pl. 10 fig. 9, 11
1962Ophiura texana Corgan p. 1109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
AnkhuridaThuy et al. 2024
OphiovalidaThuy et al. 2024
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiurina
familyOphiuridae
genusOphiura
speciestexana()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ophiura texana Clark 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Ophioglypha texana (58637 203424)