Figure 2. Ophioscolex glacialis postlarval development. A, 0.5 in Who's who among baby brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): postmetamorphic development of some North Atlantic forms

• Main Author: Stöhr, Sabine
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Ophioscolecida; Ophioscolecidae; Ophioscolex; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5432952

Figure 2. Ophioscolex glacialis postlarval development. A, 0.5 mm dd postlarva dorsal; B, 0.9 mm dd postlarva dorsal; C, 0.9 mm postlarva ventral; D–G, 1.7 mm postlarvae; D, lateral; E, dorsal, note the irregular pattern of plates; F, arm dorsal; G, ventral, a spiniform tooth and two mouth papillae have formed; H, I, 3 mm dd juvenile ventral, note the large adoral shield spine; J, K, adult ventral. Abbreviations: ASS, adoral shield spine; DP, dental plate; OS, oral shield; others as in Fig. 1. Scale bars in millimetres. Published as part of Stöhr, Sabine, 2005, Who's who among baby brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): postmetamorphic development of some North Atlantic forms, pp. 543-576 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 (4) on page 548, DOI:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00155.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5432948