Fig. 13. Lateral arm plates (LAPs) of fossil and Recent ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-3. <i>Ophiotoma incredibilis</i> sp. nov. from the latest Aptian to earliest Albian (Early Cretaceous) of Blake Nose, NE Atlantic. 1. GZG.INV.78549 (holotype), proximal LAP. 2. GZG. INV.78550 (paratype), median LAP. 3. GZG.INV.78551 (paratype), distal LAP. 4. <i>Ophiolimna antarctica</i> (Lyman, 1879), Recent, proximal LAP. 5-6. <i>Ophiolimna perfida</i> (Koehler, 1904), Recent. 5. Proximal LAP. 6. distal LAP. 7-8. <i>Ophiolimna tiamatia</i> sp. nov. from the late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of the Glasenbach Gorge, Austria. 7. NHMW 2012/0137/0010 (holotype), proximal LAP. 8. NHMW 2012/0137/0011 (paratype), median LAP. 9-12. <i>Ophiolimna malagasica</i> sp. nov. from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of Jumara, India. 9. GZG.INV.78553 (holotype), proximal LAP. 10. GZG.INV.78554 (paratype), median LAP. 11. GZG.INV.78555 (paratype), median LAP. 12. GZG. INV.78556 (paratype), distal LAP. One common scale bar per species is given.
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