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Ophiocoma

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiocomidae

Taxonomy
Ophiocoma was named by Agassiz (1836) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ophiocominae by Matsumoto (1915); to Ophiurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ophiocomidae by Ljungman (1867), Spencer and Wright (1966), Jagt (2000), Storc and Zitt (2008) and O'Hara et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Ophiocoma Agassiz
1867Ophiocoma Ljungman
1915Ophiocoma Matsumoto p. 92
1966Ophiocoma Spencer and Wright p. U97
2000Ophiocoma Jagt p. 27
2002Ophiocoma Sepkoski
2008Ophiocoma Storc and Zitt p. 131
2018Ophiocoma O'Hara et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderOphiacanthida
suborderOphiacanthina
infraorderOphiodermatina
superfamilyOphiocomoidea()
familyOphiocomidae
genusOphiocoma

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. Ophiocoma Agassiz 1836
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Ophiocoma hessi Rasmussen 1972
Ophiocoma ishidai Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Ophiocoma nereida Wright 1880
Ophiocoma rasmusseni Hess 1960
Ophiocoma senonensis Valette 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available