Ophiogaleus dorecki

Ophiogaleus dorecki, figs. 1-2.

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 dorecki

Name

Ophiogaleus dorecki (Hess, 1962) Template:Thuy, 2013

original combination: Ophiacantha dorecki Hess, 1962

Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Pliensbachian

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha dorecki Hess, 1962

References

• Hess, H. 1962. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren II: Die Ophiuren aus dem Lias (Pliensbachien-Toarcien) von Seewen (Kt. Solothurn). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 55(2): 609-656. DOI: 10.5169/seals-162940 Reference page.  [original description of Ophiacantha dorecki]
• 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 110-112, recombination reference]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiogaleus dorecki (Hess, 1962) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745257 on 2020-07-26

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

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