Gnathostomulida -- taxonomic database

Cosmognathia bastillae Diagnosis


Diagnosis of C. bastillae Sterrer, 1991a

Cosmognathia with broad jaws (length 19.00 µm) with about 10 ventral and 5 dorsal teeth. Basal plate transverse, bow-shaped, 3.00 µm long and 17.50 µm wide (index 0.17), with semi-detached lateral knobs; rostral edge with 30-35 extremely delicate ridges. (Sterrer 1991a:111).


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