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From: Ophiura paucilepis, a new species of brittlestar (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Pliocene of the southern North Sea Basin

Fig. 3

SEM images of Ophiura paucilepis sp. nov., Pliocene, Langenboom; holotype (MAB 4280), dorsal view (a), detail of radial shields and dorsal arm plates (b), lateral view of arm with spines (d), interradial lateral view of disc (e), detail of arm comb and lateral arm plates (f), disc in ventral view (h) and detail of ventral arm plates (i); j, k paratype (MAB 4281) in dorsal and ventral views, respectively; c, g arm fragment (MAB 4282) in dorsal and ventrolateral views, respectively. abGP abradial genital plate, AC arm comb, adGP adradial genital plate, AS adoral shield, ASp arm spine, CPP central primary plate, DAP dorsal arm plate, GS genital scales; k k-plate, LAP lateral arm plate, IR interradial plate, OS oral shield, RPP radial primary plate, RS radial shield, TPo tentacle pore, TS tentacle scale, V vertebra, VAP ventral arm plate. Scale bars in millimetres

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