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Ophiaulaxoides aliensis

Ophiuroidea

Taxonomy
Ophiaulaxoides aliensis was named by Yang and Nie (1982). It is not extant. It is the type species of Ophiaulaxoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Ophiaulaxoides aliensis Yang and Nie p. 83 figs. pl. 1 Figs. 2–5, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
genusOphiaulaxoides
speciesaliensis

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Ophiaulaxoides aliensis Yang and Nie 1982
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Y. Yang and Z. T. Nie 1982Disc rolatively large with fairly large margin; stellate oral opening surrounded by first pair of arm-plates and half jaw-plates—hal jaw-plates of two adjacent arms being in contact; arrn slender and simple with small disconnected dorsal plates, well-developed laterals Which connect with each other both dorsally and ventrally by pairs, thus scparating the dorsal arm-plates.