Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Full reference: H. Hess and C. A. Meyer. 2008. A new ophiuroid (Geocoma schoentalensis sp. nov.) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern Switzerland and remarks on the family Aplocomidae Hess 1965. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 101:29-40

Belongs to Geocoma according to H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008

Sister taxa: Geocoma canjuersensis, Geocoma carinata, Geocoma libanotica, Geocoma magna, Geocoma planata

Type specimen: Holotype and paratype G1.6278, Museum BL, Liestal, Switzerland

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder