Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification
Author
Stöhr, Sabine
Author
Hugall, Andrew F.
Author
Thuy, Ben
Author
Martynov, Alexander
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-03-21
416
1
35
journal article
22339
10.5852/ejt.2018.416
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3806109
AD094812-5768-43E9-BCC2-9226E69F0820
Order
Ophioscolecida
O’Hara
et al.
, 2017
Remarks
The radial shields are small and concealed by disc scales or absent in most of the included genera, which may suggest reduction of radial shields as synapomorphy of
Ophioscolecida
.