Taxonavigation

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Dermacantha
Species: †Dermacantha carli

Name

Dermacantha carli Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 3FDC618A-F737-47FC-B0BA-9AE3CD84B586

Fossil range: Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian

Holotype: GZG.INV.78718

Type locality: Plettenberg near Balingen, Germany; clay pockets between sponge associations in the lowest bed exposed in the quarry, Bimammatum Zone, late Oxfordian, Late Jurassic.

Paratypes: GZG.INV.78719 and GZG.INV.78720.

Etymology: named after Carl, a friend of the author.

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 169-170, original description]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Dermacantha carli Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745277 on 2020-06-06
• BHL bibliography
• Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Dermacantha carli. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. {{{1}}}. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} {{{3}}}. Reference page. 
• Dermacantha carli – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Dermacantha carli.
• ION

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