Lapidaster

Lapidaster hystricarboris, figs. 4-6.

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: †Lapidaster
Species: †L. caeloscopus – †L. coreytaylori – †L. etteri – †L. fasciatus – †L. hystricarboris – †L. lukenederi – †L. mastodon – †L. mathcore – †L. varuna – †L. wolfii

Name

Lapidaster Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: C21FF4FC-5361-44D5-ACC9-6AD5907BAC90

Type species: Lapidaster hystricarboris Thuy, 2013 (type by original designation)

Etymology: from Latin lapis (rock), and Greel aster (star), in reference to three species of the genus being named after rockstars; gender masculine.

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 27-28, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Lapidaster Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745136 on 2020-07-05

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

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