Ophiosternle

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: †Ophiosternle
Species: †O. crinitum

Name

Ophiosternle Thuy & Schulz, 2012

Type species: Ophiurites crinitus Quenstedt, 1876 (type by monotypy)

Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, snake) and from the Swabian diminutive of German stern, star, in reference to Swabia in south Germany, where the type material of the taxon was discovered.

References

Primary references

Thuy, B., Schulz, H. 2012. The oldest representative of a modern deep-sea ophiacanthid brittle-star clade from Jurassic shallow-water coral reef sediments. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 58(3): 525-531. DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0192 Reference page. [original description]

Links

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiosternle Thuy & Schulz, 2012 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745129 on 2020-08-02

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