Gnathostomulida -- taxonomic database

Austrognatharia strunki Diagnosis


Diagnosis of A. strunki Farris, 1973 emend. Sterrer, 1998

Large, plump Austrognatharia (length 1301.67 µm, width 174.00 µm; index 7.28) with stout rostrum (index 0.81). Basal plate 10.49 µm long and 35.16 µm wide (index 0.30), with very low to absent lateral lobes; 13-15 teeth arranged in 5 groups. Jaws 32.78 µm long, with one tooth in dorsal and 2-4 unequal teeth in ventral row. Conuli button-mushroom-shaped, 21.83 µm long and 26.48 µm wide (index 0.83), with a prominent cingulum.


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