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Ophiaulax

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiurinidae

Taxonomy
Ophiaulax was named by Ubaghs (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: D u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ophiurinidae by Spencer and Wright (1966) and Haude and Thomas (1983); and to Ophiurida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Ophiaulax Ubaghs
1966Ophiaulax Spencer and Wright p. U93
1983Ophiaulax Haude and Thomas p. 132
2002Ophiaulax Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderChilophiurina()
familyOphiurinidae
genusOphiaulax

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. †Ophiaulax Ubaghs 1941
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Ophiaulax decheni Dewalque 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available