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Ophiopsammus

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae

Taxonomy
Ophiopsammus was named by Lütken (1869). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ophiopeza by Spencer and Wright (1966).

It was assigned to Ophiodermatidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Ophiopsammus Lütken
2018Ophiopsammus O'Hara et al. p. 15

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

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. †Ophiopsammus Lütken 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available