Ophiogaleus constrictus

Ophiogaleus constrictus, figs. 8-10.

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: †Ophiogaleus
Species: †Ophiogaleus constrictus

Name

Ophiogaleus constrictus (Hess, 1966) Thuy, 2013

original combination: Ophiacantha constricta Hess, 1966

Fossil range: Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha constricta Hess, 1966

References

• Hess, H. 1966. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren V: Die Ophiuren aus dem Argovien (unteres Ober-Oxford) vom Guldental (Kt. Solothurn) und von Savigna (Dépt. Jura). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 59: 1025-1063. DOI: 10.5169/seals-163406 Reference page.  [original description as ''Ophiacantha constricta]
• 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 115-118]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiogaleus constrictus (Hess, 1966) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745259 on 2020-07-26

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

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