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Ophiura hendleri

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Taxonomy
Ophiura hendleri was named by Blake and Aronson (1998). Its type specimen is USNM 490436 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is W 86-03, Seymour Island, which is in a Lutetian lagoonal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Ophiura hendleri Blake and Aronson p. 348 figs. 5.1-5.8, 6.1-6.4, 7.1-7.4, 7.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiurina
familyOphiuridae
genusOphiura
specieshendleri

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.

†Ophiura hendleri Blake and Aronson 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake and R. B. Aronson 1998Ophiura species with many similar thin, irregular, overlapping, dorsal scales. Radial shields distinct, triangular, tapering sharply proximally, not conspicuous. Arm dorsal surface arched, sides flat, spines 5, robust, short. Ventral arm plate robust, approximately first five ventral arm plates medially contiguous. Oral shields longer than wide; jaw plates proeminent, weackly flaired; oral papillae truncate.
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 Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Ophiura hendleri (203501)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Antarctica Ophiura hendleri (type locality: 98514 203481 203482 203486 203487 203497)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9Antarctica Ophiura hendleri (203485 203489 203494 203496)