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Ophiothela

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiotrichidae

Taxonomy
Ophiothela was named by Verrill (1867). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ophiothricidae by Verrill (1867), Matsumoto (1915), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Kutscher and Jagt (2000); and to Ophiotrichidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Ophiothela Verrill
1915Ophiothela Matsumoto p. 74
1966Ophiothela Spencer and Wright p. U102
2000Ophiothela Kutscher and Jagt p. 74
2018Ophiothela 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
familyOphiotrichidae()
genusOphiothelaVerrill 1867

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. Ophiothela Verrill 1867
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Ophiothela semirotunda Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available