Fig. 16. Skeletal plates of fossil and Recent ophiacanthid brittle stars; lateral arm plates (LAPs) in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-3. <i>Ophiotreta durbanensis</i> (Mortensen, 1933), Recent. 1. Proximal LAP. 2. Distal LAP. 3. Arm spine. 4. <i>Ophiotreta valenciennesi</i> (Lyman, 1879), Recent; proximal to median LAP. 5-6. <i>Ophiopristis procera</i> (Koehler, 1904), Recent. 5. Proximal LAP. 6. Distal LAP. 7-10. <i>Ophiotreta stefaniae</i> sp. nov. from the late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of the Plettenberg, Germany. 7. GZG.INV.78583 (holotype), proximal LAP. 8. GZG.INV.78584 (paratype), proximal LAP. 9. GZG. INV.78585 (paratype), median LAP. 10. GZG.INV.78586 (paratype), distal LAP. One common scale bar per species is given, except for 3.
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