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Ophiuroidea

brittle star·(Gray, 1840)

GBIF:137371212

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Characteristics

Extant 477.7 to 0.0117 Ma

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engbrittle stareng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engbrittle star
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CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

LifeEukaryotaOpisthokontaAnimaliaBilateriaEubilateriaDeuterostomiaAmbulacraliaEchinodermataAsterozoaOphiuroidea

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Source Information

The Paleobiology Database

The Paleobiology Database

checklist
The Paleobiology Database is a public database of paleontological data that anyone can use, maintained by an international non-governmental group of paleontologists. Fossil occurrences from scientific publications are added to the database by our contributing members. Thanks to our membership, which includes nearly 400 scientists from over 130 institutions in 24 countries, the Paleobiology Database is able to provide scientists and the public with information about the fossil record.

Paleobiology Database (2024). The Paleobiology Database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zzoyxi accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-18.

CC BYPublished 9/30/2024View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
137371212
Dataset Key
c33ce2f2-c3cc-43a5-a380-fe4526d63650
Origin
source
Taxon ID
104733
According To
accretion,addition of parts
Last Crawled
8/24/2023
Last Interpreted
9/15/2022
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