Polarasterias janusensis

Polarasterias janusensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: †Polarasterias
Species: †Polarasterias janusensis

Name

• Polarasterias janusensis Rousseau & Gale in Rousseau, Gale & Thuy, 2018
  • Type locality: Norway, central Spitsbergen, Janusfjellet, 78°20′35.4″N, 15°49′85.2″E.
  • Holotype: PMO 218.011a
  • Paratypes: PMO 217.936; PMO 217.982; PMO 218.069
  • Type horizon: Lower Middle Volgian (Middle Tithonian), Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation.

References

• Rousseau, J., Gale, A.S., Thuy, T. 2018. New articulated asteroids (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and ophiuroids (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Late Jurassic (Volgian / Tithonian) of central Spitsbergen. European Journal of Taxonomy. 411: 1–26. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.411 Reference page.  [as Polarasterias janusensis p. 6–9 (original description)]