Alternacantha dilionessa

Alternacantha dilionessa, figs. 1-3.

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: †Alternacantha
Species: †Alternacantha dilionessa

Name

Alternacantha dilionessa Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: FD230CAD-9C1E-4C38-B407-1EAB92E10F70

Fossil range: Jurassic; Kimmeridgian

Holotype: GZG.INV.78662

Type locality: Pointe du Chay near La Rochelle, France; Achilles Subzone, Cymodoce Zone, early Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic.

Paratypes: GZG.INV.78663, GZG.INV.78664, GZG.INV.78665, GZG.INV.78666, GZG.INV.78667 and GZG.INV.78668.

Etymology: from Latin diligere (to cherish) and "lioness", translating into lea in Latin. Refering to Lea Dagmar Numberger-Thuy, Ben Thuy's wife.

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 134-137, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Alternacantha dilionessa Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745263 on 2020-06-02

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

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