Ophiotoma vadosa

Ophiotoma vadosa, 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: Ophiotomidae
Genus: Ophiotoma
Species: †Ophiotoma vadosa

Name

Ophiotoma vadosa Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 698A06E5-BC2D-4729-8C41-15F2EBBFEB3E

Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Plienscachian.

Holotype: GZG.INV.78541.

Type locality: Blockley, near Cheltenham, Great Britain; shell lenses in clayey matrix, Davoei Zone, early Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic.

Paratypes: GZG.INV.78542 and GZG.INV.78543.

Etymology: from Latin vadosus (shallow).

References

Primary 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 59-60, original description]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiotoma vadosa Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745238 on 2020-08-04

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

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