Ophiacantha oceani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: 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 oceani Numberger-Thuy & Thuy, 2020

Type horizon and locality: Latest Pliocene to earliest Pleistocene. Punta Mazza, Capo Milazzo, NE Sicily, Italy, 38°16′14″N 15°14′22″E / 38.270694°N 15.239373°E / 38.270694; 15.239373.

Holotype: MnhnL OPH074, dissociated lateral arm plate.

Paratypes: MnhnL OPH075–OPH076, two dissociated lateral arm plates.

Numberger-Thuy, L.D. & Thuy, B. 2020. A new bathyal ophiacanthid brittle star (Ophiuroidea: Ophiacanthidae) with Caribbean affinities from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Mediterranean. Zootaxa 4820(1): 19–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.2 Reference page. [22–23, fig. 2]