Dermocoma

Dermocoma wrighti, 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: †Dermocoma
Species: †D. biformis – †D. faberi – †D. longwyensis – †D. numbergerorum – †D. potti – †D. simonschneideri – †D. subtilirugosa – †D. toarcensis – †D. wrighti

Name

Dermocoma Hess, 1964

Type species: Dermocoma wrighti Hess, 1964 (type by original designation)

ZooBank: EFD9D8D2-988B-48A7-AB25-57069BABC824

References

• Hess, H. 1966. Die Ophiuren des englischen Jura. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 57: 756-801. DOI: 10.5169/SEALS-163162 Reference page.  [see page 792, original description]

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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 137-138, diagnosis]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Dermocoma Hess, 1964 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745141 on 2020-06-07

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

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