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Lapidaster varuna, figs. 5-7.
Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Lapidaster
Species: †Lapidaster varuna
Name
Lapidaster varuna Thuy, 2013
- ZooBank: 6E723392-8565-4F6C-84C5-B6FEBE1A69CB
- Fossil range: Middle Jurassic; Callovian.
- Holotype: GZG.INV.78511.
- Type locality: Jumara, Kachchh, India; sample 117, upper Chari Formation, Callovian, Middle Jurassic.
- Paratypes: GZG.INV.78512 and GZG.INV.78513.
- Etymology: named after Varuna, the god of the oceans in Hindu mythology, in reference to the cultural background prevailing in the area of the type locality in Kachchh, India.
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 37-39, original description]
Links
- Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Lapidaster varuna Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745229 on 2020-07-08
- BHL bibliography
- Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Lapidaster varuna. 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.
- Lapidaster varuna – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lapidaster varuna.
- ION
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