Taxonavigation

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Inexpectacantha
Species: †I. acrobatica – †I. lunaris – †I. ritae – †I. weisi

Name

Inexpectacantha Thuy, 2011

ZooBank: 99DD51E8-11C0-476D-951C-AC5641DD413F

Type species: Inexpectacantha acrobatica Thuy, 2011 (type by original designation)

Etymology: from the Latin inexpect(atus) (unexpected), and acantha (thorny).

References

• Thuy, B. 2011. Exceptionally well‐preserved brittle stars from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of the French Ardennes. Palaeontology. 54(1): 215-233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00981.x Reference page. 

• 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 185-186, diagnosis]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Inexpectacantha Thuy, 2011 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745131 on 2020-06-23
• BHL bibliography
• Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Inexpectacantha. 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. 
• Inexpectacantha – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Inexpectacantha.
• ION

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