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Ophiomusium granulosum

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae

Taxonomy

Ophiura granulosa was named by Roemer (1841).

It was recombined as Ophiurites granulosus by Böhm (1891); it was recombined as Ophiomusium granulosum by Rasmussen (1950), Storc (1997), Kutscher and Jagt (2000) and Jagt (2000).

Synonyms

Ophiura (Aspidura) subcylindrica was named by von Hagenow (1840). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Ophiurites subcylindricus by Böhm (1891); it was recombined as Ophiomusium subcylindricum by Rasmussen (1950), Maryanska and Popiel-Barczyk (1969), Rasmussen (1972), Jagt (1987), Jagt and Kutscher (1998) and Helm et al. (1999); it was synonymized subjectively with Ophiomusium granulosum by Kutscher and Jagt (2000).
Ophiomusium danicum was named by Nielsen (1926). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MGUH 7574. Its type locality is Harbour, North Saltholm, which is in a Danian coastal packstone in Denmark.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ophiomusium granulosum by Kutscher and Jagt (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1840	Ophiura (Aspidura) subcylindrica von Hagenow p. 661 figs. pl. 9, fig. 7
1841	Ophiura granulosa Roemer p. 28 figs. pl. 6 fig. 22
1889	Ophiura (Aspidura) subcylindrica Boehm p. 265
1891	Ophiurites granulosus Böhm p. 100
1891	Ophiurites subcylindricus Böhm p. 100
1926	Ophiomusium danicum Nielsen p. 11 figs. 2-4
1950	Ophiomusium danicum Rasmussen p. 102 figs. pl. 12, fig. 1-6
1950	Ophiomusium granulosum Rasmussen p. 105 figs. pl. 13, fig. 1-4; pl. 14, fig. 1-3
1950	Ophiomusium subcylindricum Rasmussen p. 108 figs. pl. 14, fig. 4-6
1969	Ophiomusium danicum Maryanska and Popiel-Barczyk p. 135 figs. pl. 2, fig. 2
1969	Ophiomusium subcylindricum Maryanska and Popiel-Barczyk p. 135 figs. pl. 2, fig. 3
1972	Ophiomusium danicum Rasmussen p. 59
1972	Ophiomusium subcylindricum Rasmussen p. 60
1987	Ophiomusium subcylindricum Jagt p. 20 figs. 1-3
1997	Ophiomusium granulosum Storc p. 173
1998	Ophiomusium subcylindricum Jagt and Kutscher fig. 1a
1999	Ophiomusium subcylindricum Helm et al. figs. pl. 1, fig. 3-11; pl. 3, fig. 1-3, 5, 7
2000	Ophiomusium granulosum Jagt pp. 31-33 figs. pl. 4, fig. 5; pl. 5, fig. 6; pl. 13, fi
2000	Ophiomusium granulosum Kutscher and Jagt p. 88

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Asterozoa	()
class	Ophiuroidea

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Myophiurina	()
infraclass	Metophiurida	Matsumoto 1913
superorder	Euryophiurida
order	Ophiurida	()
suborder	Ophiomusina
family	Ophiosphalmidae
genus	Ophiomusium
species	granulosum	()

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.

†Ophiomusium granulosum Roemer 1841

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Invalid names: Ophiomusium danicum Nielsen 1926 [synonym], Ophiura (Aspidura) subcylindrica von Hagenow 1840 [synonym]

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 Turonian to the top of the Danian or 93.50000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	99.6 - 89.3	Czech Republic	Ophiomusium danicum (58092)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Czech Republic	Ophiomusium granulosum (62041)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	Ophiomusium subcylindricum (64005)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Belgium (Liege)	Ophiomusium granulosum (32147 32150)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)	Ophiomusium granulosum (32024)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France (Landes)	Ophiomusium granulosum (38807 86448)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)	Ophiomusium granulosum (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Belgium (Liege)	Ophiomusium granulosum (32148 32151 32158)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Denmark	Ophiomusium granulosum (32023)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Netherlands (Limburg)	Ophiomusium granulosum (32159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Belgium (Liege)	Ophiomusium granulosum (32152 32153 32154 32155 32156)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 - 66.0	Belgium (Liege)	Ophiomusium granulosum (32175)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Netherlands	Ophiomusium granulosum (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian	70.6 - 61.6	Poland	Ophiomusium danicum, Ophiomusium subcylindricum (64008)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Denmark	Ophiomusium danicum (89866)