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Ophioderma spectabilis

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae

Taxonomy
Ophioderma spectabilis was named by Hess (1966). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum of Basel, Hess collection, B146. Its type locality is North of the road to Fétigny, Savigna, Jura, which is in an Oxfordian offshore claystone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Ophioderma spectabilis Hess
1975Ophioderma spectabilis Hess p. 592 figs. 5-9, 13; pl. 1, fig. 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderOphiacanthida
suborderOphiacanthina
infraorderOphiodermatina
superfamilyOphiodermatoidea
familyOphiodermatidae
genusOphioderma
speciesspectabilis

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.

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Diagnosis
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