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Ophiopholis

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiopholidae

Taxonomy
Ophiopholis was named by Müller and Troschel (1840). It is extant. It is the type genus of Ophiopholidae.

It was assigned to Ophiactininae by Matsumoto (1915); to Ophiactidae by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Ophiopholidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ophiopholis Müller and Troschel
1915Ophiopholis Matsumoto p. 69
1966Ophiopholis Spencer and Wright p. U100
2018Ophiopholis O'Hara et al. p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderAmphilepidida
suborderGnathophiurina()
superfamilyOphiactoidea
familyOphiopholidae
genusOphiopholis

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. Ophiopholis Müller and Troschel 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 183.00000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom O. trispinosa (62253)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian183.0 - 175.6Germany (Baden-Württemberg) O. trispinosa (31987)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany (Thüringen) O. trispinosa (31988)
Middle Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian175.6 - 168.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) O. trispinosa (31990)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France O. trispinosa (61718 61719)