TY  - JOUR
A1  - Goharimanesh, Mona
A1  - Stöhr, Sabine
A1  - Mirshamsi, Omid
A1  - Ghassemzadeh, Fereshteh
A1  - Adriaens, Dominique
T1  - Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - Ophiuroidea is the largest class among extant echinoderms, with over 2000 described species assigned to 33 families. Here, the first identification key to the recently revised classification was developed, and revised morphological descriptions were derived from it, expanding the previous short diagnoses. The key was built by analyzing internal and external skeletal characters of predominantly the type species of each family, including at least two mutually exclusive attributes per family. Various numeric and multistate characters were used to create a traditional as well as an interactive key using the DELTA and Xper software programs­. Illustrations (SEM and digital photos) are included in the key to facilitate the assessment of character states by users. Not only is it the first identification key to the families, according to the recently proposed new classification and the examined species, but this interactive key also assists users in understanding the family level taxonomy of brittle stars. The interactive key allows new characters and states to be added, when more species will have been analyzed, without the need to reconfigure the complete key (as may be necessary with conventional keys).
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 766 
KW  - morphology
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - DELTA
KW  - interactive key
KW  - characters
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/61506
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-615068
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2021
IS  - 766
SP  - 1
EP  - 63
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -