Lapidaster hystricarboris

Lapidaster hystricarboris, 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: †Lapidaster
Species: †Lapidaster hystricarboris

Name

Lapidaster hystricarboris Thuy, 2013

Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Pliensbachian.

Holotype: GZG.INV.78501. Paratypes: GZG.INV.78502 and GZG.INV.78503.

Type locality: Blockley, near Cheltenham, Great Britain; shell lenses in clay matrix, Davoei Zone, early Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic.

Etymology: derived from Hystrix, a genus of porcupine, and from the Latin arbor (tree), for the musical band Porcupine Tree

References

Primary 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 31–32, original description.]

Links

• Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (eds.) 2020. World Ophiuroidea Database. Lapidaster hystricarboris Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745226 on 2020-07-08
• ZooBank: FBF92066-FE54-4400-867E-FE2E3845307A

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

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