Lapidaster mathcore

Lapidaster mathcore, figs. 8-10.

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: †Lapidaster
Species: †Lapidaster mathcore

Name

Lapidaster mathcore Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 134870A5-8900-4C8F-97E4-8D098266865D

Fossil range: Lower Cretaceous; Albian.

Holotype: GZG.INV.78528.

Type locality: Folkestone, Great Britain; level 2 of Young et al. (2010), Loricatus Zone, middle Albian, Early Cretaceous.

Paratypes: GZG.INV.78529 and GZG.INV.78530.

Etymology: named after “Mathcore”, a music genre.

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 49-51, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Lapidaster mathcore Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745234 on 2020-07-08

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

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