Clarkcomidae, O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018

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 : 13-14

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.3816351
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3A1F5F7F-3A02-406F-8D81-D6CF66472181
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:3A1F5F7F-3A02-406F-8D81-D6CF66472181
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Clarkcomidae
status

Treatment

Family Clarkcomidae View in CoL fam. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3A1F5F7F-3A02-406F-8D81-D6CF66472181

Type genus

Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970 (type species: C. canaliculata ( Lütken, 1869)) .

Diagnosis ( Devaney 1970)

Dorsal disc with low rounded granules, obscuring scales and plates. Blunt, thin, compressed, minutely serrated arm spines. Dental plate entire. Cluster of papilliform teeth on ventral half, regular teeth on

dorsal half. Teeth with glassy tips. Tooth sockets on dental plate with thickened lobes, dorsal ones as penetrating, large foramina.