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Sinosura wolburgi

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Taxonomy
Ophiopinna wolburgi was named by Hess (1960). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Holotype M 622.

It was recombined as Sinosura wolburgi by Hess (1964), Hess (1965), Hess (1966) and Hess and Meyer (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Ophiopinna wolburgi Hess p. 411 figs. 24-38
1964Sinosura wolburgi Hess p. 779
1965Sinosura wolburgi Hess p. 182 figs. figs. 1, 2
1966Sinosura wolburgi Hess
2008Sinosura wolburgi Hess and Meyer p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
infraorderChilophiurina
familyAplocomidae
subfamilyAplocominae
genusSinosura
specieswolburgi()

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.

Sinosura wolburgi Hess 1960
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008Lateral arm plates with two larger ventral spines and numerous very fine dorsal spines attached to jagged distal edge of ornament part.