Ophioleviathan

Ophioleviathan watsoni, figs. 1-4.

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: †Ophioleviathan
Species: †O. watsoni

Name

Ophioleviathan Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 3AF8EB01-EA44-4C91-9614-CCFBE921662C

Type species: Ophioleviathan watsoni Thuy, 2013 (type by original designation)

Etymology: from Greek ophis (snake) and Leviathan, a biblical sea monster, referring to the genus as an unusually large ophiuroid with arms capable of considerable coiling that lived in the greater depths of the ancient Tethys Ocean.

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 193-194, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioleviathan Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745145 on 2020-07-27

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

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