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Ophiurites

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Taxonomy
Ophiurites was named by Schlotheim (1820).

It was assigned to Ophiuridae by Leriche (1931).

Species
O. pustulosus, O. trunensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. eocaenicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Ophiurites Schlotheim
1931Ophiurites Leriche

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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()
suborderOphiurina
familyOphiuridae
genusOphiuritesSchlotheim 1820

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. †Ophiurites Schlotheim 1820
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†Ophiurites pustulosus Müller 1847
†Ophiurites trunensis Böhm 1891
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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Bartonian or 72.20000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany O. trunensis (213668)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France O. eocaenicus (73638) O. sp. (73639)