Taxonomic status of the genera Amphipholizona H. L. Clark, 1915 (Ophiuroidea, Ophiolepididae) and Amphigyptis Nielsen, 1932 (Hemieuryalidae): systematic placement and synonymy
Gondim, Anne Isabelley
Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey
Dias, Thelma Lúcia Pereira
Solís-Marín, Francisco Alonso
Zootaxa
2016
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H.L. Clark, 1915
H.L. Clark
1915
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Ophiuroidea
Ophiolepididae
Amphipholizona
Animalia
Ophiurida
3
384
Echinodermata
genus
1. Arms long ( 6xdd) and cylindrical. Ventral arm plate pentagonal and flat. Tentacle scale restricted to the first five arm segments............................................................................................ A. delicata - Arms short (2.5x dd) and compressed dorso-ventrally. Ventral arm plate triangular and tumid. Tentacle scale lacking.......................................................................................... A. perplexa new comb.