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Ophiothrix
Taxonomy
Ophiothrix was named by Müller and Troschel (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Ophiothricidae.
It was assigned to Ophiothricidae by Ljungman (1867), Matsumoto (1915), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Jagt (2000); to Ophiurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ophiotrichidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Ophiothricidae by Ljungman (1867), Matsumoto (1915), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Jagt (2000); to Ophiurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ophiotrichidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1840 | Ophiothrix Müller and Troschel |
| 1867 | Ophiothrix Ljungman |
| 1915 | Ophiothrix Matsumoto p. 74 |
| 1966 | Ophiothrix Spencer and Wright p. U102 |
| 2000 | Ophiothrix Jagt p. 25 |
| 2002 | Ophiothrix Sepkoski |
| 2018 | Ophiothrix O'Hara et al. p. 22 |
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G. Ophiothrix Müller and Troschel 1840
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†Ophiothrix bongaertsi Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophiothrix cristata Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophiothrix royeri de Loriol 1872
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available