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Genus
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<emphasis id="23A5FA67652F8501D35C23BFFCE299C9" bold="true" box="[620,794,1686,1713]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Alternacantha</emphasis>
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species
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<emphasis id="23A5FA67652F8501D18D2224FE3A985F" box="[189,450,1805,1831]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Alternacantha occulta</emphasis>
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, by original designation.
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<emphasis id="23A5FA67652F8501D18D2278FECE9813" bold="true" box="[189,310,1873,1899]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="116E2675652F8501D18D22AAFA8A9893" blockId="122.[189,1399,1923,2027]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Ophiacanthid with large LAPs displaying a relatively large, ventro-proximalwards protruding ventral portion; small tentacle notch; large, ear-shaped spine articulations with the position of the dorsalmost spine articulation alternating between close to the remaining ones and widely separated from the latter.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D18D23BDFEE399D6" bold="true" box="[189,283,1684,1710]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Fig. 22.</emphasis>
Lateral arm plates (LAPs) of fossil and Recent ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D0AC239EFE3299A9" bold="true" box="[412,458,1719,1745]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">1-2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D0E2239EFDA099A9" box="[466,600,1719,1745]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Hanshessia</emphasis>
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sp. from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Jumara, India.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D425239EFAD399A9" bold="true" box="[1301,1323,1719,1745]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">1.</emphasis>
GZG. INV.78641, proximal to median LAP.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D34023F3FD7D998C" bold="true" box="[624,645,1754,1780]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">2.</emphasis>
GZG.INV.78642, proximal LAP.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D53923F3FBCF998C" bold="true" box="[1033,1079,1754,1780]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">3-4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D6D15DF6652E8500D50D23F3FF029860" authority="Lyman, 1883" authorityName="Lyman" authorityYear="1883" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiacanthidae" genus="Ophiocopa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="123" pageNumber="124" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="spatula">
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D50D23F3FAE0998C" box="[1085,1304,1754,1780]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Ophiocopa spatula</emphasis>
Lyman, 1883
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, Recent.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D05623D4FE84986F" bold="true" box="[358,380,1789,1815]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">3.</emphasis>
Proximal LAP.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D30923D4FDB6986F" bold="true" box="[569,590,1789,1815]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">4.</emphasis>
Distal LAP.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D3D623D7FD049860" bold="true" box="[742,764,1790,1816]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D6D15DF6652E8500D23423D4FC52986F" authorityName="Thuy &amp; Meyer" authorityYear="2013" box="[772,938,1789,1815]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiacanthidae" genus="Alternacantha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="123" pageNumber="124" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D23423D4FC52986F" box="[772,938,1789,1815]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Alternacantha</emphasis>
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? sp. from the late Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Amellago, Morocco; GZG.INV.78645, proximal LAP.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D2E72208FC159843" bold="true" box="[983,1005,1825,1851]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D2C72208FB659843" box="[1015,1181,1825,1851]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Alternacantha</emphasis>
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sp. nov. innom. 1 from the middle Toarcian (Early Jurassic) of Le Clapier, France; GZG.INV.78647, proximal to median LAP.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D033224EFEC998F9" bold="true" box="[259,305,1895,1921]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">7-8.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D6D15DF6652E8500D00B224EFCB798F9" authority="Thuy &amp; Meyer, 2013" authorityName="Thuy &amp; Meyer" authorityYear="2013" box="[315,847,1895,1922]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiacanthidae" genus="Alternacantha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="123" pageNumber="124" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="occulta">
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D00B224EFDB998F9" box="[315,577,1895,1921]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Alternacantha occulta</emphasis>
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, from the early Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Longwy, France.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D0B522A3FE6298DC" bold="true" box="[389,410,1930,1956]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">7.</emphasis>
GZG.INV.78648, proximal LAP.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D22E22A3FCCC98DC" bold="true" box="[798,820,1930,1956]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">8.</emphasis>
GZG.INV.78649, distal LAP.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D5BE22A3FB3398DC" bold="true" box="[1166,1227,1930,1956]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">9-10.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D6D15DF6652E8500D5E022A3FA8E98DC" authorityName="Thuy &amp; Meyer" authorityYear="2013" box="[1232,1398,1930,1956]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiacanthidae" genus="Alternacantha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="123" pageNumber="124" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D5E022A3FA8E98DC" box="[1232,1398,1930,1956]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Alternacantha</emphasis>
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sp. nov. innom. 2 from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Jumara, India.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D5342284FBE198BF" bold="true" box="[1028,1049,1965,1991]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">9.</emphasis>
GZG.INV.78652, proximal to median LAP.
<emphasis id="23A5FA67652E8500D06C22F8FE789893" bold="true" box="[348,384,2001,2027]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">10.</emphasis>
GZG.INV.78653, median LAP. One common scale bar per species.
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D18D2422FED79E5D" bold="true" box="[189,303,267,293]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Remarks</emphasis>
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In terms of LAP morphology,
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D32A2415FD3A9E2E" box="[538,706,316,342]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Alternacantha</emphasis>
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is probably among the most distinctive and unambiguously identifiable ophiacanthids. In fact, the alternating position of the dorsalmost spine articulation, varying from close to the remaining spine articulations to widely separated from the latter, is a feature not found in any other LAP
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. Since
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D36F2487FCFF9EB0" box="[607,775,430,456]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Alternacantha</emphasis>
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is known from well-preserved, articulated specimens (
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), its phylogenetic position is well understood. Together with its extinct sister taxon
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D18D24D2FEB69D6C" box="[189,334,507,532]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Dermocoma</emphasis>
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, it holds a basal position within the large-pored ophiacanthids displaying well-developed disc plates rather than translucent scales obscured by skin.
</paragraph>
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Indeed, the close phylogenetic relationship with
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is reflected by LAP morphology. Both genera share ear-shaped spine articulations sunken in shallow notches of the gently elevated distal edge, a strongly ventro-proximally protruding ventral portion of the LAPs, strongly protruding spurs on the outer proximal edge, and a relatively simple ridge on the inner side devoid of sharp kinks or an exceedingly widened dorsal part. While proximal LAPs of the two genera can be readily differentiated, median and, in particular, distal LAPs can be so closely similar that distinction is very difficult, if possible at all. Thus, it is crucial for records based exclusively on dissociated LAPs to focus on well-preserved proximal LAPs in these genera. It should be stressed that it is strongly advisable in general to choose adult proximal LAPs as
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of new ophiuroid species known solely from dissociated LAPs, as clearly stressed by
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. Unfortunately, the
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of
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D2FE2692FB9F9CAD" box="[974,1127,955,981]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Ophiacantha</emphasis>
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?
<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D54E2695FAD49CAD" box="[1150,1324,956,981]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">suprajurassica</emphasis>
Hess, 1965 is a median LAP from strata which have yielded both
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D24C26CBFBF59C83" box="[892,1037,994,1019]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Dermocoma</emphasis>
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and
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. In view of the near-identical morphologies of median and distal LAPs in these two genera, the
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in question cannot be unambiguously assigned.
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?
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should therefore be considered as a
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, even though non-type specimens assigned to
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D280217AFBB19B15" box="[944,1097,1107,1133]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Ophiacantha</emphasis>
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?
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by
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,
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) can be assigned beyond doubt.
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The closest extant relative of
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D3162197FD369BA0" box="[550,718,1214,1240]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Alternacantha</emphasis>
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is
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D3C62197FC809BA0" box="[758,888,1214,1240]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Ophiocopa</emphasis>
Lyman, 1883
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, which is sister to the clade formed by
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D07621CDFE169B86" box="[326,494,1252,1278]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Alternacantha</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D31E21CCFD479B86" box="[558,703,1253,1278]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Dermocoma</emphasis>
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. Again, the close phylogenetic ties are reflected by LAP morphology. In fact, the LAPs of extant
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Lyman, 1883
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(
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: 3-4) closely resemble those of the two fossil genera, in particular on account of the ventro-proximalwards protruding ventral portion of the LAP, the shape, number and position of the spine articulations, the outer surface ornament and the conspicuous, strongly protruding spur on the outer proximal edge. Differences pertain mainly to the shape of the ridge on the inner side of the LAPs, which in
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is composed of a slightly bent, oblique dorsal part with a triangular tip, widely separated from a short knob-like part on the ventral portion of the inner side.
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All currently known species of
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<emphasis id="23A5FA6765298507D31E231BFD2E9934" box="[558,726,1586,1612]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Alternacantha</emphasis>
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share strongly similar, near-identical LAP morphologies, making a distinction on the basis of dissociated LAPs a major challenge. Similarly indistinguishable LAP morphologies have been reported from closely related extant taxa (
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). Fortunately, most species of
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are known from articulated arm fragments, in addition to the dissociated LAPs, providing additional features for species-level distinction.
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