Ophiomusina O’Hara et al., 2017

Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander, 2018, Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification, European Journal of Taxonomy 416, pp. 1-35 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.416
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AD094812-5768-43E9-BCC2-9226E69F0820
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3816307
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E87E8-1F67-302D-FD84-FD837D2DFCB6
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Ophiomusina O’Hara et al., 2017
status

Treatment

Suborder Ophiomusina O’Hara et al., 2017 View in CoL

Diagnosis

Dental plate entire, sockets shallow, single row of teeth. Tentacle openings minute within-plate perforations of the lateral arm plate, except on proximal arm joints. Lateral arm plates conspicuously thick and meeting dorsally and ventrally. Genital papillae restricted to ventral side. Second tentacle pore concealed inside mouth slit.