Inexpectacantha weisi

Inexpectacantha weisi, figs. 4-6.

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 weisi

Name

Inexpectacantha weisi Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 96A19195-86C6-4EA8-B6F2-AEDA14589A66

Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Hettangian.

Holotype: MNHNL HE425.

Type locality: Fontenoille, Belgium; level c of Delsate et al. (2002), Liasicus Zone, Hettangian, Early Jurassic.

Paratypes: MNHNL HE426 and MNHNL HE427.

Etymology: named after Robert Weis, author's friend and colleague.

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 189-190, original description}}]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Inexpectacantha weisi Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745284 on 2020-06-23

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