Gnathostomulida -- taxonomic database

Austrognatharia kirsteueri Diagnosis


Diagnosis of A. kirsteueri Sterrer, 1971a emend. Sterrer, 1998

Slender, small (length 730 µm, width 50 µm; index 14.00) Austrognatharia with basal plate (length 6.14 µm, width 19.00 µm; index 0.32) without a median lobe, and with lateral lobes flattened. Jaws 20.25 µm long, with one dorsal and 3-4 delicate ventral teeth. Conuli 19.22 µm long, 7.44 µm wide (index 2.61), with small hat and prominent cingulum.


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