Ophiernidae, O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AD094812-5768-43E9-BCC2-9226E69F0820 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3816365 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4FF0D5F3-DF26-4CA0-A6FD-F4C6B6696C1A |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:4FF0D5F3-DF26-4CA0-A6FD-F4C6B6696C1A |
treatment provided by |
Valdenar |
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Ophiernidae |
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fam. nov. |
Family Ophiernidae View in CoL fam. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4FF0D5F3-DF26-4CA0-A6FD-F4C6B6696C1A
Type genus
Ophiernus Lyman, 1878a (type species: O. vallincola Lyman, 1878a ).
Diagnosis
Lateral arm plates without vertical striations, but with horizontally striated proximal band (under adjacent plate). Bristle-shaped accessory arm spines. Narrow, broad, imperforate tooth sockets with flat borders. Vertebrae with radiating rib-like structures on distal muscle flanges. Lateral arm plates with several rib-like spurs on external proximal/internal distal band (where adjacent plates overlap). Arm spine articulations with weak lobes.
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