Deckersamphiura vitea Jagt, 2001
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Deckersamphiura vitea Jagt, 2001
- Name authority
- Jagt, 2001
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Ophiuroidea
- Order
- Amphilepidida
- Family
- Amphiuridae
- Genus
- Deckersamphiura
- Extinction status
- Recorded extinct
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumEchinodermata
- subphylumAsterozoa
- classOphiuroidea Gray, 1840
- subclassMyophiuroida Matsumoto, 1915
- infraclassMetophiurida Matsumoto, 1913
- superorderOphintegrida O'Hara, Hugall, Thuy, Stöhr & Martynov, 2017
- orderAmphilepidida O'Hara, Hugall, Thuy, Stöhr & Martynov, 2017
- suborderGnathophiurina Matsumoto, 1915
- superfamilyAmphiuroidea Ljungman, 1867
- familyAmphiuridae Ljungman, 1867
- genusDeckersamphiura Jagt & Kutscher, 2000
- speciesDeckersamphiura vitea Jagt, 2001
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Jagt, J. W. M. (2001). Deckersamphiura vitea, a new Late Campanian ophiuroid from southern Limburg (The Netherlands). Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de. Belgique, Sciences de La Terre, 71: 191–193. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34DQW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.