Lapidaster lukenederi

Lapidaster lukenederi, 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: †Lapidaster
Species: †Lapidaster lukenederi

Name

Lapidaster lukenederi Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 7E64C5B3-CAFF-4342-AD67-DDB05F3050EB

Fossil range: Lower Cretaceous; Valanginian.

Holotype: NHMW 2012/0138/0001.

Type locality: KB1-A section of Lukeneder (2004) in the Ternberg Nappe, Austria; Verrucosum Zone, late Valanginian, Early Cretaceous.

Paratypes: NHMW 2012/0138/0002 and NHMW 2012/0138/0003.

Etymology: named after Alexander Lukeneder.

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 46-47, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Lapidaster lukenederi Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745232 on 2020-07-08

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

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