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Ophiomyxidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7538	https://www.gbif.org/species/7538
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	80864	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=80864

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiomyxidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiomyxidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Asterozoa	von Zittel 1895
class	Ophiuroidea	Gray 1840
order	Ophiurida
suborder	Ophiomyxina	Fell 1962
family	Ophiomyxidae	Ljungman 1867

Scientific Name

Ophiomyxidae

Name Published In

Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866. 23(9): 303-336.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ophiomyxidae	family	belongs to Phrynophiurida	stated without evidence	Matsumoto, 1915
Ophiomyxidae	family	belongs to Ophiomyxina	stated without evidence	Spencer and Wright, 1966

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Ophiuroidea)

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Ophiuroidea)

Diet

carnivore

Reproduction

dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Ecospace Comments

FEEDING: Primarily predatory, secondarily scavening carnivores according to Warner (1982).

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Ophiuroidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. V. Ljungman. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerata. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskapsakademiens Forhandlingar Stockholm 1866(9):303-336

Common Name(s)

Skinnormstjärnor, キヌハダクモヒトデ

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ophiobyrsinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		15	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Ophiomyxinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Neoplax genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiarachna genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	183 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Ophioblenna genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiobrachion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophioconis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiomora genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiomyxa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Ophiosciasma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophioscolex genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Ophiostiba genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiostyracium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophiurochaeta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1867	Ophiomyxidae Ljungman
1915	Ophiomyxidae Matsumoto p. 46
1966	Ophiomyxidae Spencer and Wright p. U89
1995	Ophiomyxidae Smith et al.
2000	Ophiomyxidae Jagt p. 9
2008	Ophiomyxidae Storc and Zitt p. 125

References

Ljungman A. V. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerata, Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskapsakademiens Forhandlingar Stockholm 1866 9, 303-336

Matsumoto H. (1915) A new classification of Ophiuroidea: with description of genera and species, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67, 43-92

Spencer W. K., Wright C.W. (1966) Asterozoans, Moore R.C. ed, Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Echinodermata, University of Kansas Press and the Geological Society of America 3 1, U4-U107

Jagt J. W. M. (2000) Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids, Scripta Geologica 21, 1-179

Storc R., Zitt J. (2008) Late Turonian ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic, Bulletin of Geosciences 83 2, 123-140

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

WoRMS (2013) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Hansson, G, Samuelsson, Cedhagen & Strand (2013) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Tagghudingar–svalgsträngsdjur. Echinodermata– Hemichordata. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Spencer, W. K., and C. W. Wright / Durham, J. Wyatt, et al. / Moore, Raymond C., ed., 1966: Asterozoans. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, vol. 1. U4-U107. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. - via World Register of Marine Species

Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866. 23(9): 303-336. - via World Register of Marine Species

O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107: 415-430. - via World Register of Marine Species

Parker 82, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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