Dermocoma biformis

Dermocoma biformis, figs. 5-8.

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: †Dermocoma biformis

Name

Dermocoma biformis (Hess, 1975) Thuy, 2013

Fossil range: Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian.

original combination: Ophiacantha biformis Hess, 1975

Synonyms

• Ophiacantha biformis Hess, 1975

References

• Hess, H. 1975. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren VI: Die Ophiuren aus den Günsberg-Schichten (oberes Oxford) vom Guldental (Kt. Solothurn). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 68(3): 591-601. DOI: 10.5169/seals-164405 Reference page.  [see page 594, original description]
• 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 page 151, recombination reference]

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• Hess, H. 1975. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren VII. Die Ophiuren aus den Humeralis-Schichten (Ober-Oxford) von Raedersdorf (Haut-Rhin). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 68(3), 603-612. DOI: 10.5169/seals-164406 Reference page.  [see page 608]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Dermocoma biformis (Hess, 1975) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745270 on 2020-06-09

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

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