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Stegophiura eocaenus

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiopyrgidae

Taxonomy
Ophiurites eocaenus was named by Leriche (1931). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum of Brussel.

It was recombined as Stegophiura eocaenus by Rasmussen (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Ophiurites eocaenus Leriche p. 109 figs. 1-4; pl. 6, fig1-3
1972Stegophiura eocaenus Rasmussen p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiurina
familyOphiopyrgidaePerrier 1893
genusStegophiura
specieseocaenus()

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.

†Stegophiura eocaenus Leriche 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available