Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867

Chang, Kai & Shih, Hsi-Te, 2025, Description of a new brittle star of the genus Breviturma (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae), with a new record from Taiwan, European Journal of Taxonomy 997, pp. 28-50 : 33

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2919

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2C6ACBDC-658A-49AB-A517-3EE02514E944

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15610470

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0385423B-9820-FFCF-FDA3-70FEFD95FD08

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Plazi

scientific name

Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867
status

 

Family Ophiocomidae Ljungman, 1867 View in CoL

Diagnosis

The disc ornaments vary among genera: spherical granules in Ophiocoma and Breviturma , conical granules in Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939 and Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842 , and slender spines in Ophiomastix . Both oral papillae and tooth papillae are present. The dental plate is entire. One or two tentacle scales are present.

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