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Description

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Disk pentagonal (dd = 4.7 to 18.1 mm); dorsal and ventral side covered by fine, closely and rounded granulation. Radial shields naked, small and oval (Fig. 6D, E). Oral shields large and oval; wider than long. Adoral shields covered by granules. The madreporite is evident. Eight to ten oral papillae on each side of the jaw (Fig. 6F). Dorsal arm plates overlapping and rectangular with rounded edges; wider than long (Fig. 6B). Ventral arm plates oval and slightly overlapping; wider than long. Reduced lateral arm plates. Ten to 11 short and blunt arm spines; all spines are closely equal in size except the lowest which is longer. Two lanceolated tentacle scales (Fig. 6C). Four bursal slits per interradius (Fig. 6E). Disk brownish (Fig. 6A, D). Dorsal arm plates brown with dark and light bands (Fig. 6B).
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Rebeca Granja–Fernández, María D. Herrero-Pérezrul, Ramón A. López-Pérez, Luis Hernández, Fabián A. Rodríguez-Zaragoza, Robert Wallace Jones, Rubén Pineda-López
bibliographic citation
Granja–Fernández R, Herrero-Pérezrul M, López-Pérez R, Hernández L, Rodríguez-Zaragoza F, Jones R, Pineda-López R (2014) Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from coral reefs in the Mexican Pacific ZooKeys 406: 101–145
author
Rebeca Granja–Fernández
author
María D. Herrero-Pérezrul
author
Ramón A. López-Pérez
author
Luis Hernández
author
Fabián A. Rodríguez-Zaragoza
author
Robert Wallace Jones
author
Rubén Pineda-López
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Distribution

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USA (California), Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Colombia and Galapagos Islands (Clark HL 1940, Hooker et al. 2005, Neira and Cantera 2005, Alvarado et al. 2010). In Mexico, from the Gulf of California (Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa), on the Pacific side of Baja California and Baja California Sur, Jalisco, Revillagigedo Islands, Guerrero and Oaxaca (Solís-Marín et al. 2005, Honey-Escandón et al. 2008, Granja-Fernández and López-Pérez 2011, 2012). From intertidal to 40 m depth (Austin and Hadfield 1980). In this study, Ophioderma panamensis was collected on coral reefs from Guerrero and Oaxaca, 4.9 to 9.1 m depth.
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Rebeca Granja–Fernández, María D. Herrero-Pérezrul, Ramón A. López-Pérez, Luis Hernández, Fabián A. Rodríguez-Zaragoza, Robert Wallace Jones, Rubén Pineda-López
bibliographic citation
Granja–Fernández R, Herrero-Pérezrul M, López-Pérez R, Hernández L, Rodríguez-Zaragoza F, Jones R, Pineda-López R (2014) Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from coral reefs in the Mexican Pacific ZooKeys 406: 101–145
author
Rebeca Granja–Fernández
author
María D. Herrero-Pérezrul
author
Ramón A. López-Pérez
author
Luis Hernández
author
Fabián A. Rodríguez-Zaragoza
author
Robert Wallace Jones
author
Rubén Pineda-López
original
visit source
partner site
Zookeys