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Miospondylus rhenanus

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Lapworthuridae

Taxonomy
Ophiura rhenana was named by Stürtz (1893). It is the type species of Miospondylus.

It was recombined as Miospondylus rhenanus by Gregory (1897), Sollas and Sollas (1912), Schuchert (1915), Spencer (1925), Lehmann (1957) and Owen (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Ophiura rhenana Stürtz p. 29 figs. pl. 1 figs. 1-3
1897Miospondylus rhenanus Gregory p. 1039
1912Miospondylus rhenanus Sollas and Sollas p. 226
1915Miospondylus rhenanus Schuchert p. 263
1925Miospondylus rhenanus Spencer pp. 299-301 figs. text-fig. 202, pl. 21 fig. 6
1957Miospondylus rhenanus Lehmann pp. 54-57 figs. pl. 14 figs. 3, 4
1965Miospondylus rhenanus Owen p. 555

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
orderOegophiurida
suborderZeugophiurina()
familyLapworthuridae
genusMiospondylus
speciesrhenanus()

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.

†Miospondylus rhenanus Stürtz 1893
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Diagnosis
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