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Dermocoma

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Dermocomidae

Taxonomy
Dermocoma was named by Hess (1964). It is not extant. Its type is Dermocoma wrighti. It is the type genus of Dermocomidae.

It was assigned to Ophiurida by Hess (1964); and to Dermocomidae by Hess (1972).

Species
D. wrighti (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Dermocoma Hess
1972Dermocoma Hess p. 36

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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

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. †Dermocoma Hess 1964
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Dermocoma wrighti Hess 1964
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 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 D. wrighti (32036)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom D. wrighti (59034)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Brandenburg) D. wrighti (32016)