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Ophiura serrata

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Taxonomy
Ophiura serrata was named by Roemer (1841). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Acroura serrata by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Ophioglypha serrata by Lütken (1869) and Peron (1887); it was recombined as Ophiurites serratus by Böhm (1891); it was recombined as Ophiotitanos serrata by Hess (1960), Jagt and Kutscher (1998), Helm et al. (1999), Jagt (2000) and Storc and Zitt (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ophiura serrata Roemer p. 29 figs. pl. 6, fig. 23
1843Ophiura serrata Forbes p. 234 fig. 2
1845Ophiura serrata Reuss p. 58 fig. 26
1850Ophiura serrata Forbes p. 337 figs. pl. 23, fig. 2-3
1850Acroura serrata d'Orbigny p. 274
1869Ophioglypha serrata Lütken p. 73
1887Ophioglypha serrata Peron p. 214 figs. pl. 3, fig. 40-42
1891Ophiurites serratus Böhm p. 100
1907Ophiura serrata Spencer p. 102 figs. pl. 27, fig. 3
1907Ophiura parvisentum Spencer p. 103 figs. pl. 27, fig. 4
1908Ophiura parvisentis Spencer p. 135
1914Ophioglypha parvisentis Valette p. 131 fig. 2
1914Ophioglypha gracilis Valette p. 135 fig. 3
1950Ophioderma arkonensis Müller p. 56 figs. pl. 1, fig. C1-5; pl. 3, fig. P1-2
1950Ophiura serrata Rasmussen p. 111 figs. pl. 16, fig. 1-8
1951Ophiura serrata Rasmussen p. 50 fig. 7
1960Ophiotitanos serrata Hess p. 751
1969Ophiura serrata Maryanska and Popiel-Barczyk p. 137
1972Ophiura serrata Rasmussen p. 60
1997Ophiura serrata Storc p. 172
1998Ophiotitanos serrata Jagt and Kutscher fig. 1c
1999Ophiotitanos serrata Helm et al. figs. pl. 1, fig. 12-17; pl. 2, fig. 3-5; pl.
2000Ophiotitanos serrata Jagt p. 28 figs. pl. 7, fig. 4, 5; pl. 8, fig. 3, 4; pl.
2008Ophiotitanos serrata Storc and Zitt pp. 132-134 figs. Figs 6A–F, 7B, H

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

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 serrata Roemer 1841
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Invalid names: Ophioderma arkonensis Müller 1950 [synonym], Ophioglypha gracilis Valette 1914 [synonym], Ophiura parvisentum Spencer 1907 [synonym]
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 Turonian to the top of the Thanetian or 93.90000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Ophiura serrata (35109 64044)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Czech Republic Ophiura serrata (58092)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czech Republic Ophiotitanos serrata (58578)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Ophiura serrata (35163 62041 62042 62043)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Ophioglypha gracilis (58921)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Ophiura serrata (71069)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Ophiotitanos serrata (99235)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France Ophioglypha parvisentis (58920)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6United Kingdom Ophiura serrata (59054)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom Ophiura serrata (63046)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France Ophioglypha serrata (58925)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Ophiotitanos serrata (64005)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Ophioglypha parvisentis (58919)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) Ophiotitanos serrata (38807 38808 38809 38810 213855 213870)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Ophiotitanos serrata (32024)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) Ophiotitanos serrata (32147)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain Ophiura serrata (59070)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Ophiotitanos serrata (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark Ophiotitanos serrata (32023)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Ophiotitanos serrata (32161)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Ophiotitanos serrata (32156)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Ophiotitanos serrata (32159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Ophiotitanos serrata (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Ophiotitanos serrata (32169)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (New Jersey) Ophiura serrata (58941)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Ophiura serrata (3113)