Ophiolimna kucerai

Ophiolimna kucerai, figs. 4-7.

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: Ophiolimna
Species: †Ophiolimna kucerai

Name

Ophiolimna kucerai Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 736B12D4-3C48-4CE3-A6B4-FA0B1CE9BDCE

Fossil range: Lower Cretaceous; Aptian

Holotype: GZG.INV.78566.

Type locality: Blake Nose, borehole ODP 171B 1049A 20x5, tropical northeast Atlantic; latest Aptian to earliest Albian, Hedbergella trochoidea to Microhedbergella rischi planktonic foraminifer zones, Early Cretaceous.

Paratypes: GZG.INV.78567, GZG.INV.78568 and GZG.INV.78569.

Etymology: named after Michal Kucera

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 71-73, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolimna kucerai Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745244 on 2020-07-21

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

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