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Ophiura astonensis

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Taxonomy
Ophiura astonensis was named by Hess (1964). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Pliensbachian, Aston Magna, Gloucestershire, UK, which is in a Pliensbachian deep subtidal shelf marl in the Middle Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Ophiura astonensis Hess p. 767 fig. 15–17
1991Ophiura astonensis Kutscher and Hary p. 51 figs. 2a-c
1996Ophiura astonensis Kutscher p. 15 figs. Pl. 3, Figs. 13–16
2003Ophiura astonensis Kutscher and Villier p. 189 figs. 6.3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiurina
familyOphiuridae
genusOphiura
speciesastonensis

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.

†Ophiura astonensis Hess 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available