Alternacantha arges
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Alternacantha
Species: †Alternacantha arges
Name
[edit]Alternacantha arges Thuy, 2013
- ZooBank: B1D9DEC0-8F10-4D8D-AAB0-15949F6DB8CA
- Fossil range: Jurassic; Oxfordian
- Holotype: NHMB M 610
- Type locality: Raedersdorf, France; Humeralis Member, late Oxfordian, Late Jurassic.
- Etymology: named after Arges, one of the three giant cyclopes in Greek mythology, in reference to the large size of the species in combination with the large dorsalmost spine articulation.
References
[edit]- 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 132-133, original description]
Links
[edit]- Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Alternacantha arges Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745262 on 2020-06-01
- BHL bibliography
- Alternacantha arges – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Alternacantha arges.
- ION
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