Ophiura hendleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiura
Species: †Ophiura hendleri

Name

Ophiura hendleri Blake & Aronson, 1998

• Type horizon and locality: Late Eocene of La Meseta Formation at Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula.
• Etymology: named after Gordon Hendler.

References

• Blake, D.B., Aronson, R.B. 1998. Eocene Stelleroids (Echinodermata) at Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Paleontology. 72(2): 339–353. DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000036325 .Reference page.