Ophiacantha oceani

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

Ophiacantha oceani Numberger-Thuy & Thuy, 2020

Holotype: MnhnL OPH074, dissociated lateral arm plate.

Type locality: Punta Mazza, Capo Milazzo, NE Sicily, Italy (38.270694° N, 15.239373° E).

Paratypes: MnhnL OPH075 and OPH076, two dissociated lateral arm plates.

Fossil range: latest Pliocene to earliest Pleistocene

Etymology: named after German progressive metal band The Ocean

Numberger-Thuy, L.D., Thuy, B. 2020. A new bathyal ophiacanthid brittle star (Ophiuroidea: Ophiacanthidae) with Caribbean affinities from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Mediterranean. Zootaxa. 4820(1): 19–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.2 Reference page.
- [original description of Ophiacantha oceani: p. 22–23; fig. 2]

Numberger-Thuy L D, Thuy B, plazi (2020). A new bathyal ophiacanthid brittle star (Ophiuroidea: Ophiacanthidae) with Caribbean affinities from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Mediterranean. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-07-14. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3005587302
Ophiacantha oceani in the World Register of Marine Species

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