Ophiacantha jaegeri

Ophiacantha jaegeri, figs. 5-7.

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: Ophiacantha
Species: †Ophiacantha jaegeri

Name

Ophiacantha jaegeri Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: A991EFFE-BA53-46CC-B06A-84E27C84A749

Fossil range: Lower Cretaceous; Hauterivian

Holotype: GZG.INV.78595.

Type locality: Claypit Gott in Sarstedt, Germany; latest Hauterivian, Early Cretaceous.

Paratypes: GZG.INV.78596 and GZG.INV.78597.

Etymology: named after Manfred Jäger

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 99-101, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha jaegeri Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745254 on 2020-07-16

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

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