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Dermocoma wrighti

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Dermocomidae

Taxonomy
Dermocoma wrighti was named by Hess (1964). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Bathonian, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Dermocoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Dermocoma wrighti Hess p. 4 fig. 7
1972Dermocoma wrighti Hess pp. 36-38 figs. figs. 39-41; pl. 13 fig. 1

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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()
suborderChilophiurina()
familyDermocomidae
genusDermocoma
specieswrighti

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.

†Dermocoma wrighti Hess 1964
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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Callovian or 168.60000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Switzerland Dermocoma wrighti (32036)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Dermocoma wrighti (type locality: 59034)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Brandenburg) Dermocoma wrighti (32016)