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Ophiocten

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Taxonomy
Ophiocten was named by Lütken (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: J R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ophiomastinae by Matsumoto (1915); to Ophiurinae by Lütken (1955) and Spencer and Wright (1966); to Ophiurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ophiuridae by Jagt (2000) and O'Hara et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Ophiocten Lütken
1915Ophiocten Matsumoto p. 76
1955Ophiocten Lütken
1966Ophiocten Spencer and Wright pp. U95-96
2000Ophiocten Jagt p. 16
2002Ophiocten Sepkoski
2018Ophiocten O'Hara et al. p. 9

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

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. Ophiocten Lütken 1855
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Ophiocten seeweni Kutscher and Hary 1991
Ophiocten yvonnae Jagt 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available