Alternacantha

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: †Alternacantha
Species: †A. arges – †A. dilionessa – †A. occulta – †A. schwermannorum

Name

Alternacantha Thuy & Meyer, 2012

ZooBank: AF1E4C98-F330-4855-AED0-806476723A6D

Fossil range: Jurassic; Bajocian - Kimmeridgian

Type species: †Alternacantha occulta Thuy & Meyer, 2012 (type by original designation)

References

• Thuy, B., Meyer, C.A. 2012. The pitfalls of extrapolating modern depth ranges to fossil assemblages: new insights from Middle Jurassic brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Switzerland. Swiss journal of palaeontology 132(1): 5-21. DOI: 10.1007/s13358-012-0048-5 . Reference page. 

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• 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 123-125]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Alternacantha Thuy & Meyer, 2012 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745128 on 2020-05-31

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

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