Clavaporania
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:77AB3EAA-DA13-4C8D-885D-EB9F5F14DE34 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6133827 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F453C-955E-872B-FF0B-FF4EFD04FE75 |
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Plazi |
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Clavaporania |
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Clavaporania View in CoL nov. gen.
Etymology. The genus name is from the Latin “ clava ” for club or mace, which describes the club-shaped spines present on the abactinal surface and Porania after the type name of the family.
Type species: Clavaporania fitchorum nov. gen, nov. sp.
Diagnosis. Body stellate. Abactinal skeleton reticulate, embedded in a fleshy skin. Plates bearing, large, prominent spines. Some clavate, pointed or with one or two tips. Papular pores single. Abactinal, lateral and actinal surface with dense covering of skin-embedded, tiny spinelets completely covering surface. Marginal plates similar to those on abactinal surface. Actinal surface covered by fleshy skin and spinelets. Furrow spines one or two with a single subambulacral spine in a transverse row.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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