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Ophioscolex

Ophiuroidea - Ophioscolecida - Ophioscolecidae

Taxonomy
Ophioscolex was named by Müller and Troschel (1842). It is extant. It is the type genus of Ophioscolecidae.

It was assigned to Ophiomyxinae by Matsumoto (1915) and Spencer and Wright (1966); to Ophiomyxidae by Jagt (2000); and to Ophioscolecidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Ophioscolex Müller and Troschel
1915Ophioscolex Matsumoto p. 47
1966Ophioscolex Spencer and Wright p. U89
2000Ophioscolex Jagt p. 10
2018Ophioscolex O'Hara et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderOphioscolecida
familyOphioscolecidaeLütken 1869
genusOphioscolex

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. Ophioscolex Müller and Troschel 1842
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†Ophioscolex clivulus Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophioscolex cretaceus Kutscher and Jagt 2000
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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) O. clivulus, O. cretaceus (32147)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) O. n. sp. (38808 38810)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) O. cretaceus (32148)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) O. clivulus, O. cretaceus (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark O. clivulus, O. cretaceus (32023)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands O. cretacea (32160)