Inexpectacantha ritae

Inexpectacantha ritae, figs. 1-3.

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: †Inexpectacantha
Species: †Inexpectacantha ritae

Name

Inexpectacantha ritae Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 7CCF96E7-E90E-4FD8-B307-1DEC45F8F82F

Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Hettangian.

Holotype: MNHNL HE419

Type locality: Bourglinster, Luxembourg; sample Bou of Thuy (2005), Planorbis Zone, Hettangian, Early Jurassic.

Paratypes: MNHNL HE420 and MNHNL HE421

Etymology: named after Rita Hellers, the author's mother.

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 186-187, original description]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Inexpectacantha ritae Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745283 on 2020-06-23

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