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Aplocoma torrii

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Taxonomy
Ophioderma torrii was named by Desio (1951). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Aplocoma torrii by Hess (1965), Hess (1985) and Hess and Meyer (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Ophioderma torrii Desio
1965Aplocoma torrii Hess pp. 161-162 figs. figs. 1-3
1985Aplocoma torrii Hess p. 9
2008Aplocoma torrii Hess and Meyer p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderAmphilepidida
suborderOphionereidina
superfamilyOphiolepidoidea
familyOphiolepididae()
genusAplocoma
speciestorrii()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Aplocoma torrii Desio 1951
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008Oral plates probably covered by granules, radial shields partly free from granules; teeth very weak, spine-like; row of oral papillae composed of four small spine-like proximal papillae and two larger distal papillae; adoral shields in contact; four arm spines, length one third to half of the arm segment; ventral arm plates narrow, but contiguous; genital plate club-shaped.