Brezinacantha

Brezinacantha tolis

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: †Brezinacantha
Species: †B. tolis

Name

Brezinacantha Thuy et al., 2018

Type species: Brezinacantha tolis Thuy et al., 2018 (type by original designation)

Etymology: named after Jamie Brezina (Rapid City, South Dakota) who discovered the ophiuroid specimens described herein. Gender feminine.

References

• Thuy, B., Landman, N,H., Larson, N.L., Numberger-Thuy, L.D. 2018. Brittle-star mass occurrence on a Late Cretaceous methane seep from South Dakota, USA. Scientific Reports 8: 9617. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27326-z Reference page. 

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Brezinacantha Thuy, Landman, Larson & Numberger-Thuy, 2018 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1299679 on 2020-06-03

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