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Ophiotomidae (disused)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiotomidae

Taxonomy
Ophiotominae was named by Paterson (1985). It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Ophiotomidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).

It was assigned to Ophiacanthina by O'Hara et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Ophiotretidae O'Hara et al.
2018Ophiotomidae O'Hara et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderOphiacanthida
suborderOphiacanthina
familyOphiotomidae(Paterson 1985)
familyOphiotomidae(Paterson 1985)

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.

Fm. Ophiotomidae Paterson 1985
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Invalid names: Ophiotretidae O'Hara et al. 2017 [synonym]
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available