Eolaxoporus

Taxonavigation

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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: †Eolaxoporus
Species: †E. binitorulosus – †E. hagdorni – †E. imminens

Name

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Eolaxoporus Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 6C93137E-586A-405A-B553-2359C7534CCE
Type species: Eolaxoporus hagdorni Thuy, 2013 (type by original designation).
Etymology: from Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn, and from the Latin words laxus (wide) and porus (pore). In allusion to the fact that this genus represents one of the oldest members of the large-pored ophiacanthid lineages; gender masculine.

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