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Ophiopholis trispinosa

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiopholidae

Taxonomy
Ophiopholis trispinosa was named by Hess (1965). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum Basel, M 6840.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Ophiopholis trispinosa Hess pp. 1067, 1075 figs. 16, 36-40
1975Ophiopholis trispinosa Hess p. 45 figs. pl. 5 fig. 6
1996Ophiopholis trispinosa Kutscher pp. 19-20 figs. pl. 4 fig.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderAmphilepidida
suborderGnathophiurina()
superfamilyOphiactoidea
familyOphiopholidae
genusOphiopholis
speciestrispinosa

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.

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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: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 183.00000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom Ophiopholis trispinosa (62253)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian183.0 - 175.6Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ophiopholis trispinosa (31987)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany (Thüringen) Ophiopholis trispinosa (31988)
Middle Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian175.6 - 168.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ophiopholis trispinosa (31990)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Ophiopholis trispinosa (61718 61719)