Ophiacantha jaegeri

Ophiacantha jaegeri, figs. 5-7.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Ophiacantha
Species: †Ophiacantha jaegeri

Name

Ophiacantha jaegeri Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: A991EFFE-BA53-46CC-B06A-84E27C84A749

Type horizon and locality: Lower Cretaceous; Hauterivian; Claypit Gott in Sarstedt, Germany.

Holotype: GZG.INV.78595.

Paratypes: GZG.INV.78596; GZG.INV.78597.

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.  [99–101, fig. 18(5–7)]

Links

• Ophiacantha jaegeri Thuy, 2013 † in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 10, 2025

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