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Enakomusium (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Taxonomy
Enakomusium was named by Thuy (2015).

It was assigned to Ophiolepididae by Thuy (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Enakomusium Thuy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderAmphilepidida
suborderOphionereidina
superfamilyOphiolepidoidea
familyOphiolepididae()
genusEnakomusiumThuy 2015

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.

G. †Enakomusium Thuy 2015 [brittle star]
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†Enakomusium whymanae Ewin and Thuy 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: detritivoref
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-11 13:38:22
Modified: 2009-09-11 15:48:07
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Warner 1982, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Enakomusium sp. (182912)