Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3816319 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E87E8-1F6D-3027-FDB6-FEB17A3AFAA0 |
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Valdenar |
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Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867 |
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Family Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867
Synonyms
Ophiochondrinae Verrill, 1885: 355 .
Ophioplinthacinae Paterson, 1985: 61 .
Ophiocanopidae Mortensen, 1932: 8 .
Type genus
Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type species: O. bidentata ( Bruzelius, 1805)) .
Other genera
Ophialcaea Verrill, 1899a , Ophientrema Verrill, 1899b , Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922a , Ophiochondrus Lyman, 1869 , Ophiohamus O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006 , Ophiolebes Lyman, 1878a , Ophiolimna Verrill, 1899a , Ophiomitrella Verrill, 1899a , Ophiomoeris Koehler, 1904 , ‘ Ophiophthalmus’ Matsumoto, 1917, Ophioplinthaca Verrill, 1899b , Ophioripa Koehler, 1922a , Ophiosemnotes Matsumoto, 1917 , Ophiurothamnus Matsumoto, 1917 .
Diagnosis
Dorsal disc fully scaled, with thorny spines or granules, or with thickened skin. No tooth clusters. Dental plate entire with single column of wide sockets with low dorsal and ventral border, not penetrating. Arm spine articulations bordered by raised, dorsoventrally striated ridge. Ventral portion of lateral arm plates (the portion below the row of spine articulations) small and not protruding ventro-proximalwards. Ridge on inner side of lateral arm plates with two kinks and a dorsal tip with a ventro-proximalwards pointing projection.
Remarks
The genera Ophiacantha , Ophiomitrella and Ophiolebes are polyphyletic and require revision.
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Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867
Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander 2018 |
Ophiocanopidae
Mortensen T. 1932: 8 |