Alternacantha arges

Alternacantha arges, figs. 1-2.

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: †Alternacantha arges

Name

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

• 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]

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Links

• 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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