Ophiochondrus punctatus

Ophiochondrus punctatus, figs. 4-5.

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: Ophiochondrus
Species: Ophiochondrus punctatus

Name

• Ophiochondrus punctatus (Kutscher & Jagt, 2000) Thuy, 2013
  • original combination: Ophiacantha punctata Kutscher & Jagt, 2000
  • Type locality and horizon: Rügen (NE Germany); white chalk facies of late Early Maastrichtian age (sumensis, cimbrica and fastigata zones).
  • Holotype: FGWG 112/14
  • Paratypes: RGM 428 014; NHMM JJ 5386

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha punctata Kutscher & Jagt, 2000

References

• Kutscher, M., Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Early Maastrichtian ophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Mon (Denmark). Pp. 45–107 in Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeogene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeastNetherlands and northeast Belgium — Part 3: Ophiuroids; with a chapter on: Early Maastrichtianophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Møn (Denmark) by M. Kutscher & J.W.M. Jagt. Scripta geologica, 121: 1-179. Online. Reference page.  [as Ophiacantha punctata p. 62–63 (original description)]
• 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.  [as Ophiochondrus punctatus p. 209–211 (recombination)]