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Ophiuridea
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| Rank | subclass (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiuridea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (20%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Ophiuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Ophiuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Ophiuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore, suspension feeder (based on Ophiuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Ophiuroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. E. Gray. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma Asterias (Linn.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6:275-290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ophiaxina ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Schizospondylus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Transspondylus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1840 | Ophiuridea Gray |
| 1995 | Ophiuridea Smith et al. |
| 2000 | Ophiuridea Jagt p. 7 |
| 2004 | Ophiuridea Storc p. 37 |
| 2008 | Ophiuridea Hess and Meyer p. 30 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
