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

Family Clarkcomidae 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.