Inexpectacantha acrobatica

Inexpectacantha acrobatica, figs. 9-10.

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: †Inexpectacantha
Species: †Inexpectacantha acrobatica

Name

Inexpectacantha acrobatica Thuy, 2011

Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Pliensbachian.

Holotype: MNHNL PL227

Etymology: from Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (acrobatic), plus -a.

References

• Thuy, B. 2011. Exceptionally well‐preserved brittle stars from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of the French Ardennes. Palaeontology. 54(1): 215-233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00981.x Reference page. 
• 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 192-193, diagnosis]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Inexpectacantha acrobatica Thuy, 2011 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745210 on 2020-06-25

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