Lapidaster varuna

Lapidaster varuna, figs. 5-7.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Lapidaster
Species: †Lapidaster varuna

Name

Lapidaster varuna Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 6E723392-8565-4F6C-84C5-B6FEBE1A69CB

Fossil range: Middle Jurassic; Callovian.

Holotype: GZG.INV.78511.

Type locality: Jumara, Kachchh, India; sample 117, upper Chari Formation, Callovian, Middle Jurassic.

Paratypes: GZG.INV.78512 and GZG.INV.78513.

Etymology: named after Varuna, the god of the oceans in Hindu mythology, in reference to the cultural background prevailing in the area of the type locality in Kachchh, India.

References

• Thuy, T. 2013. Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 48: 1–242. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.48 Reference page.  [see pages 37-39, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Lapidaster varuna Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745229 on 2020-07-08

• BHL bibliography
• Lapidaster varuna – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lapidaster varuna.
• ION

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