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Stegophiura

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiopyrgidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Stegophiura Matsumoto p. 76
1966Stegophiura Spencer and Wright p. U96
2000Stegophiura Jagt pp. 19-20
2008Stegophiura Storc and Zitt p. 127
2018Stegophiura O'Hara et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiurina
familyOphiopyrgidaePerrier 1893
genusStegophiura

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. Stegophiura Matsumoto 1915
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Stegophiura eocaenus Leriche 1931
Stegophiura hagenowi Rasmussen 1950
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Invalid names: Ophiura (Aspidura) granulosa von Hagenow 1840 [replaced], Ophiura tener Müller 1950 [synonym]
Stegophiura nekvasilovae Storc and Zitt 2008
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Matsumoto 1915Disk high, covered with plates and scales, among which the primaries are prominent. Radial shields stout, joined distally. Arm combs and genital papillse present. Oral shields oval or pyriform. Second oral tentacle pores open more or less, or entirely,outside oral slits, large, provided with numerous scales. Arms very short, very stout at base, higher than wide, rapidly tapering distally, with acute tip. Dorsal and ventral arm plates well developed, successive plates widely in contact with each other. Lateral arm plates high, with numerous arm spines, often unequal and arranged in two series. Tentacle pores large, with numerous scales.
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 Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 93.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic S. nekvasilovae (99235)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany S. hagenowi (64005)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) S. hagenowi (38807 38809 38810 213855 213857 213870 213878)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) S. hagenowi (32024)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) S. hagenowi (32150) S. hagenowi, S. trispinosa (32147)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain Ophiura hagenowi (59070)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) S. hagenowi (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Landes) S. hagenowi (214061)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) S. hagenowi (32151) S. trispinosa (32148)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark S. hagenowi (32023)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands S. hagenowi (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Poland Ophiura hagenowi (64008)