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Ophiura cretacea

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Taxonomy
Ophiura cretacea was named by Guéranger (1853). Its type specimen is at the Museum of Le Mans, France and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Ophiura cretacea Guéranger p. 40

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

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 cretacea Guéranger 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available