Inexpectacantha weisi, figs. 4-6.

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: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Inexpectacantha
Species: Inexpectacantha weisi

Name

Inexpectacantha weisi Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 96A19195-86C6-4EA8-B6F2-AEDA14589A66
Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Hettangian.
Holotype: MNHNL HE425.
Type locality: Fontenoille, Belgium; level c of Delsate et al. (2002), Liasicus Zone, Hettangian, Early Jurassic.
Paratypes: MNHNL HE426 and MNHNL HE427.
Etymology: named after Robert Weis, author's friend and colleague.

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 Open access Reference page.  [see pages 189-190, original description}}]
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