Ostracotheres, H. Milne Edwards, 1853
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5359739 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5454922 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D33B87B4-FF82-FFA4-54DC-3E0B868673C2 |
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Valdenar |
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Ostracotheres |
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Key to male and female Ostracotheres View in CoL
1. Pereopod 2–5 dactyli stout, falcate, apices distinctly curved, some turning almost perpendicular to main axis; flexor margins evenly convex, with 1 or 2 rows of minute, stiff setae. Maxilliped 3 exopod flagellum 2-segmented. In tridacnine clams ............ .............................................................................. O. tridacnae View in CoL
– Pereopod 2–4 dactyli slender, gently curved, apices weakly curved, to less the 45° to main axis. Pereopod 5 dactylus relatively straight; flexor margin sinuous. Pereopod 2–5 flexor margins with row of stiff, elongated setae. Maxilliped 3 exopod flagellum 1-segmented. In ascidians...................... O. cynthiae View in CoL
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