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Dermocoma wrighti

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Dermocomidae

Taxonomy
Dermocoma wrighti was named by Hess (1964). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Bathonian, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Dermocoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Dermocoma wrighti Hess p. 4 fig. 7
1972Dermocoma wrighti Hess pp. 36-38 figs. figs. 39-41; pl. 13 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderChilophiurina()
familyDermocomidae
genusDermocoma
specieswrighti

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.

Dermocoma wrighti Hess 1964
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Diagnosis
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