Image of Ophiura luetkenii (Lyman 1860)
Description:
A closeup of the aboral side of the central disk. Note that the radial shields (paired large central disk plates at the base of each arm) are longer than wide, and that their proximal ends are separated by a wedge-shaped group of scales while their distal ends are separated by an extension of an arm plate.
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- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Echinodermata (echinoderms)
- Asterozoa ("Starfish, brittle stars, and basket stars")
- Ophiuroidea (brittle stars and basket stars)
- Ophiurida
- Ophiurina
- Ophiuridae
- Ophiurinae
- Ophiura
- Ophiura luetkenii
- Chilophiurina
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