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Aplocoma aalensis

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Taxonomy
Aplocoma aalensis was named by Hess (1991). Its type specimen is Holotype 23142, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stutgart and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Aplocoma aalensis Hess
2008Aplocoma aalensis Hess and Meyer p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderAmphilepidida
suborderOphionereidina
superfamilyOphiolepidoidea
familyOphiolepididae()
genusAplocoma
speciesaalensis

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.

†Aplocoma aalensis Hess 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008Five oral papillae; adoral shields barely in contact; three small arm spines, length about a third of arm segment; ventral arm plates broad; lateral arm plates weakly striated.