Fig 3. Examples of external morphology of postlarvae and paedomorphic adults.
<dl><dd>SEM images (except H-G). (A) Dorsal views of postlarvae of <i>Ophiura sarsii</i>, (B) <i>Amphipholis squamata</i>, (C) <i>Ophiomusium lymani</i>, and (D) <i>Perlophiura profundissima</i>, (E) adult <i>P. profundissima</i>, (F) juvenile <i>Ophiozonella stellamaris</i>, (G) adult <i>O. stellamaris</i>, (H) postlarva syntype of <i>Ophiomastus bulufonica</i>, (I) adult syntype of <i>O. bulufonica</i>, (J) postlarva syntype of <i>Ophiomastus tegulitius</i>, (K) adult syntype <i>O. tegulitius</i>, (L) adults of <i>Ophiomastus tumidus</i>, (M) <i>Ophiopyrgus saccharatus</i>, (N) <i>Ophiomisidium irene</i>, (O) <i>Ophiotypa simplex</i>. Scale bars in mm.</dd></dl>
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