Juracantha hottingeri

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: †Juracantha
Species: †Juracantha hottingeri

Name

Juracantha hottingeri Thuy, Marty & Comment, 2013

Fossil range: Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian.

Etymology: named after Lukas Hottinger.

References

• Thuy, B., Marty, D., Comment, G. 2013. A remarkable example of a Late Jurassic shallow-water ophiuroid assemblage from the Swiss Jura Mountains. Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 106(2): 409-426. DOI: 10.1007/S00015-013-0133-9 ResearchGate Reference page. 

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Juracantha hottingeri Thuy, Marty & Comment, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745353 on 2020-07-01

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