Fig. 11. Lateral arm plates (LAPs) of fossil and Recent ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1. <i>Ophiologimus hexactis</i> H.L. Clark, 1911, Recent, median LAP in external view. 2-4. <i>Ophiologimus martynovi</i> sp. nov. from the latest Aptian to earliest Albian (Early Cretaceous) of Blake Nose, NE Atlantic. 2. GZG.INV.78532 (holotype), proximal LAP. 3. GZG.INV.78533 (paratype), median LAP. 4. GZG.INV.78534 (paratype), distal LAP. 5-6. <i>Ophiologimus aiodipius</i> sp. nov. from the latest Aptian to earliest Albian (Early Cretaceous) of Blake Nose, NE Atlantic. 5. GZG.INV.78536 (holotype), proximal LAP. 6. GZG.INV.78537 (paratype), median LAP. 7-8. <i>Ophiologimus rugosus</i> (Kutscher &amp; Jagt, 2000) comb. nov. from the early Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Rügen, Germany. 7. GZG. INV.78539, proximal LAP. 8. GZG.INV.78540, median LAP. One common scale bar per species is given.
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