Ophiuroidea taxon details

Ophiomusium fitchii (Spencer, 1907) †

745412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:745412)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Euryophiurida (Superorder)
  9. Ophiurida (Order)
  10. Ophiomusina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiosphalmidae (Family)
  12. Ophiomusium (Genus)
  13. Ophiomusium fitchii † (Species)
accepted
Species
Ophiomusium Lyman, 1869
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Ophiura fitchii Spencer, 1907 †) Spencer, W. K. (1905). A Monograph of the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous formations. Volume second: The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. <em>Paleontographical Society Monographs.</em> 2(4): 91-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20756140 [details] 
Status Generic placement is provisional until a revision has been performed, following the diagnoses in O’Hara et al. (2018)  
Status Generic placement is provisional until a revision has been performed, following the diagnoses in O’Hara et al. (2018) [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomusium fitchii (Spencer, 1907) †. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745412 on 2026-07-08
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2013-12-10 13:45:59Z
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Thuy, Ben

original description (of Ophiura fitchii Spencer, 1907 †) Spencer, W. K. (1905). A Monograph of the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous formations. Volume second: The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. <em>Paleontographical Society Monographs.</em> 2(4): 91-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20756140 [details] 

taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference Villier, L. (2010). Asterozoans. Paleobiology Database Online Systematics Archive. [details] 
From editor or global species database
Status Generic placement is provisional until a revision has been performed, following the diagnoses in O’Hara et al. (2018) [details]
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