Ophiolimna malagasica

Ophiolimna malagasica, figs. 9-12.

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: Ophiolimna
Species: †Ophiolimna malagasica

Name

Ophiolimna malagasica Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 158198F0-5105-4FD2-94F3-F79984D38A0E

Fossil range: Middle Jurassic; Bathonian

Holotype: GZG.INV.78553.

Type locality: Jumara, Kachchh, India; sample 24, Patcham Formation, late Bathonian, Middle Jurassic.

Paratypes: GZG.INV.78554, GZG.INV.78555 and GZG.INV.78556.

Etymology: named after the Malagasy Gulf in reference to the origin of the type material.

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 67-69, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolimna malagasica Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745242 on 2020-07-21

• BHL bibliography
• Ophiolimna malagasica – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophiolimna malagasica.
• ION

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