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Ophioxenikos langenheimi

Somasteroidea - Chinianasteridae

Taxonomy
Ophioxenikos langenheimi was named by Blake and Guensburg (1993). It is not extant. Its type specimen is University of Illinois, Holotype UI X-4751.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Ophioxenikos langenheimi Blake and Guensburg pp. 109-110 figs. figs 2.1-2.3, 2.5, 3
2005Ophioxenikos langenheimi Dean Shackleton p. 71 figs. pl. 3 fig. 5
2015Ophioxenikos langenheimi Blake and Guensburg p. 470

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classSomasteroidea()
familyChinianasteridae
genusOphioxenikos
specieslangenheimi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ophioxenikos langenheimi Blake and Guensburg 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg 1993Same as genus, by monotypy
J. Dean Shackleton 2005Metataxon, because of unknown dorsal surface