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Ophiomusium granulosum

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae

Taxonomy
Ophiura granulosa was named by Roemer (1841).

It was recombined as Ophiurites granulosus by Böhm (1891); it was recombined as Ophiomusium granulosum by Rasmussen (1950), Storc (1997), Kutscher and Jagt (2000), Jagt (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. stephensoni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ophiura (Aspidura) subcylindrica von Hagenow p. 661 figs. pl. 9, fig. 7
1841Ophiura granulosa Roemer p. 28 figs. pl. 6 fig. 22
1889Ophiura (Aspidura) subcylindrica Boehm p. 265
1891Ophiurites granulosus Böhm p. 100
1891Ophiurites subcylindricus Böhm p. 100
1926Ophiomusium danicum Nielsen p. 11 figs. 2-4
1950Ophiomusium danicum Rasmussen p. 102 figs. pl. 12, fig. 1-6
1950Ophiomusium granulosum Rasmussen p. 105 figs. pl. 13, fig. 1-4; pl. 14, fig. 1-3
1950Ophiomusium subcylindricum Rasmussen p. 108 figs. pl. 14, fig. 4-6
1969Ophiomusium danicum Maryanska and Popiel-Barczyk p. 135 figs. pl. 2, fig. 2
1969Ophiomusium subcylindricum Maryanska and Popiel-Barczyk p. 135 figs. pl. 2, fig. 3
1972Ophiomusium danicum Rasmussen p. 59
1972Ophiomusium subcylindricum Rasmussen p. 60
1987Ophiomusium subcylindricum Jagt p. 20 figs. 1-3
1997Ophiomusium granulosum Storc p. 173
1998Ophiomusium subcylindricum Jagt and Kutscher fig. 1a
1999Ophiomusium subcylindricum Helm et al. figs. pl. 1, fig. 3-11; pl. 3, fig. 1-3, 5, 7
2000Ophiomusium granulosum Jagt pp. 31-33 figs. pl. 4, fig. 5; pl. 5, fig. 6; pl. 13, fi
2000Ophiomusium granulosum Kutscher and Jagt p. 88

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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()
suborderOphiomusina
familyOphiosphalmidae
genusOphiomusium
speciesgranulosum()

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.

†Ophiomusium granulosum Roemer 1841
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Invalid names: Ophiomusium danicum Nielsen 1926 [synonym], Ophiura (Aspidura) subcylindrica von Hagenow 1840 [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 07:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Danian or 93.90000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Czechia Ophiomusium danicum (58092)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Ophiomusium granulosum (62041)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Ophiomusium subcylindricum (64005)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Liege) Ophiomusium granulosum (32147 32150)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) Ophiomusium granulosum (38807 86448)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Ophiomusium granulosum (32024)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Ophiomusium granulosum (32148 32151 32158)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Ophiomusium granulosum (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark Ophiomusium granulosum (32023)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Ophiomusium granulosum (32159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Ophiomusium granulosum (32152 32153 32154 32155 32156)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Ophiomusium granulosum (32175)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Ophiomusium granulosum (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Poland Ophiomusium danicum, Ophiomusium subcylindricum (64008)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Ophiomusium danicum (89866)