Figure 3. Ophioscolex purpureus postlarval development. A–C, 0.6 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.5432954

Figure 3. Ophioscolex purpureus postlarval development. A–C, 0.6 mm dd postlarva; A, dorsal; B, arm dorsal; C, ventral; D, E, 0.9 mm dd postlarva; D, dorsal; E, ventral, note the leaf-shaped adoral shield spine; F, 1.5 mm dd postlarva dorsal; G, same ventral; H, 1.8 mm dd postlarva ventral; I, same dorsal. Abbreviations: CPP, central primary plate; DAP, dorsal arm plate; others as in Figs 1, 2. 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 550, DOI:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00155.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5432948