Ophiacantha oceani

Ophiacantha oceani

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

Ophiacantha oceani Numberger-Thuy & Thuy, 2020

Holotype: MnhnL OPH074, dissociated lateral arm plate.

Type locality: Punta Mazza, Capo Milazzo, NE Sicily, Italy (38.270694° N, 15.239373° E).

Paratypes: MnhnL OPH075 and OPH076, two dissociated lateral arm plates.

Fossil range: latest Pliocene to earliest Pleistocene

Etymology: named after German progressive metal band The Ocean

Numberger-Thuy, L.D., Thuy, B. 2020. A new bathyal ophiacanthid brittle star (Ophiuroidea: Ophiacanthidae) with Caribbean affinities from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Mediterranean. Zootaxa. 4820(1): 19–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.2 Reference page.
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Numberger-Thuy L D, Thuy B, plazi (2020). A new bathyal ophiacanthid brittle star (Ophiuroidea: Ophiacanthidae) with Caribbean affinities from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Mediterranean. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-07-14. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3005587302

Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Ophiacantha oceani. 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.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophiacantha oceani.

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