Lapidaster etteri

Lapidaster etteri, figs. 1-5.

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: †Lapidaster
Species: †Lapidaster etteri

Name

Lapidaster etteri Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: DFBC69CF-37F1-4D39-A8F3-D8DA46708D05

Fossil range: Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian.

Holotype: NHMB M11209.

Type locality: Longecombe, France; Renggeri Member, Bärschwil Formation, early Oxfordian, Late Jurassic.

Paratypes: NHMB M11210, NHMB M11211, NHMB M11212 and NHMB M11213.

Etymology: named after Walter Etter.

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 28-30, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Lapidaster etteri Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745230 on 2020-07-07

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

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