Taxonavigation

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Eolaxoporus
Species: †E. binitorulosus – †E. hagdorni – †E. imminens

Name

Eolaxoporus Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 6C93137E-586A-405A-B553-2359C7534CCE

Type species: Eolaxoporus hagdorni Thuy, 2013 (type by original designation).

Etymology: from Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn, and from the Latin words laxus (wide) and porus (pore). In allusion to the fact that this genus represents one of the oldest members of the large-pored ophiacanthid lineages; gender masculine.

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 page 21, original description]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Eolaxoporus Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745135 on 2020-06-14
• BHL bibliography
• Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Eolaxoporus. 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. 
• Eolaxoporus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eolaxoporus.
• ION

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