FIGURE 5. Ophiothela sp. ZUEC OPH 2193 (2 mm dd). (A) Dorsal view. (B) Ventral view. (C) Detail of the oral view. (D) Detail of dorsal arm. (E) Detail of ventral arm. (F) Detail of ventral-most arm spine. (G) Ventral arm plate. (H-I) Lateral arm plate. (J) Vertebra—proximal surface. (K) Vertebra—distal surface. (L) Vertebra—dorsal surface. (M) Vertebra—ventral surface. Abbreviations: ads: adoral shields; as: arm spine; cdp: cluster of dental papillae; d: dorsal; ddi: dorso-distal; dk: distal keel; ddmf: dorso-distal muscular fossae; di: distal; dp: dorso-proximal; gr: granule; jd: jaw depression; lg: large groove; os: oral shields; otp: oral tentacle pore; p: proximal; rs: radial shields; v: ventral; vap: ventral arm plate; vdi: ventro-distal; vp: ventro-proximal; zd: zygocondyle; zp: zygosphene. Stereomicroscope photos: (A)–(E), scale bar equal to 0.5 mm. SEM photos: (F)–(M), scale bar equal to 100 µm.

Published as part of Alitto, Renata A. S., Bueno, Maristela L., Guilherme, Pablo D. B., Domenico, Maikon Di, Christensen, Ana Beardsley & Borges, Michela, 2018, Shallow-water brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Araçá Bay (Southeastern Brazil), with spatial distribution considerations, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 4405 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4405.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3097993