Fig. 14. Fossil lateral arm plates (LAPs) of ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-3. <i>Ophiolimna lisae</i> sp. nov. from the early Kimmeridgian of the Pointe du Chay (1), France, and the late Kimmeridgian of Trancoso, Portugal (2-3). 1. GZG.INV.78561 (holotype), proximal LAP. 2. GZG. INV.78562 (paratype), proximal LAP. 3. GZG.INV.78563 (paratype), median LAP. 4-7. <i>Ophiolimna kucerai</i> sp. nov. from the latest Aptian to earliest Albian (Early Cretaceous) of Blake Nose, NE Atlantic. 4. GZG.INV.78566 (holotype), proximal LAP. 5. GZG.INV.78567 (paratype), median LAP. 6. GZG. INV.78568 (paratype), distal LAP. 7. GZG.INV.78569 (paratype), proximal LAP. 8-10. <i>Geromura touertensis</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the Bajocian-Bathonian boundary of Touert, France. 8. GZG.INV.78571 (holotype) median to proximal LAP. 9. GZG.INV.78572 (paratype), proximal LAP. 10. GZG.INV.78573 (paratype), distal LAP. One common scale bar per species is given.
Thuy, T. 2013. Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). <i>European Journal of Taxonomy</i> 48: 1-242.
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