Ophiodermatina Ljungman, 1867, 1897

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 : 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.3816309
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scientific name	Ophiodermatina Ljungman, 1867
status

Treatment

Suborder Ophiodermatina Ljungman, 1867

Diagnosis

Abradial edge of radial shield excavated. Abradial genital plate with a longitudinal groove and a large perforation. Arm spines commonly with minute scale-like tubercles. Dorsal arm plates with spur on the proximal edge.