Gnathostomulida -- taxonomic database

Austrognatharia mooreensis Diagnosis


Diagnosis of A. mooreensis Sterrer, 1991c

Small, plump Austrognatharia (length 752.86 µm, width 106.67 µm; index 7.09) with poorly delimited rostrum (index 0.92). Basal plate 8.54 µm long and 28.69 µm wide (index 0.30), with 12.23 teeth arranged in triplets; median and lateral lobes very flattened. Jaws 29.38 µm long, with 1-2 (1.77) teeth in dorsal and 6.83 teeth in ventral row. Conuli 39.78 µm long and 17.09 µm wide (index 2.36), longitudinally creviced, with the hat taking up about 25% of total conulus length.


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