taxonID	type	description	language	source
FC931F50695DD06E777A4CF7B19A5053.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Aboral periphery of the disc and aboral base of the arms covered completely by contiguous plate-shaped epidermal ossicles. Single-layered radial shields completely covered by epidermal ossicles. No ventral arm plates on middle to distal sections of the arms. Relative length of the longest arm spines the same length as the corresponding arm segment throughout the arms.	en	Okanishi, Masanori, O'Hara, Timothy D., Fujita, Toshihiko (2011): A new genus Squamophis of Asteroschematidae (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida) from Australia. ZooKeys 129: 1-15, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.129.1202, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.129.1202
FC931F50695DD06E777A4CF7B19A5053.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The generic name is a masculine noun in the subjective case, a compound of Latin, squama (prefix, meaning " scale ") referring to the plate-shaped epidermal ossicles on their body and the Greek ophis (masculine noun, meaning " snake "), referring to their snake-like arms.	en	Okanishi, Masanori, O'Hara, Timothy D., Fujita, Toshihiko (2011): A new genus Squamophis of Asteroschematidae (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida) from Australia. ZooKeys 129: 1-15, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.129.1202, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.129.1202
93FDEA6A2532DF480863E4C6615BF4EB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Epidermal ossicles conspicuous white, slightly domed and round plate-shaped, irregularly placed on aboral side of disc and forming two transverse bands on aboral and lateral sides of each arm segment. Rest of the aboral surface uniformly brown except light purple near the tips of arms and finally without color at the tip.	en	Okanishi, Masanori, O'Hara, Timothy D., Fujita, Toshihiko (2011): A new genus Squamophis of Asteroschematidae (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida) from Australia. ZooKeys 129: 1-15, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.129.1202, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.129.1202
93FDEA6A2532DF480863E4C6615BF4EB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. North-western Australia; 95 - 108 m. Type locality: off Broome, 100 - 108 m (Fig. 2).	en	Okanishi, Masanori, O'Hara, Timothy D., Fujita, Toshihiko (2011): A new genus Squamophis of Asteroschematidae (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida) from Australia. ZooKeys 129: 1-15, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.129.1202, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.129.1202
93FDEA6A2532DF480863E4C6615BF4EB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is a masculine noun in apposition formed as a compound of Latin words, albus (adjective, meaning " whitish ") and a plural form of zoster (masculine noun, meaning " ring "), referring to the rings of white plate-shaped dermal ossicles of arms.	en	Okanishi, Masanori, O'Hara, Timothy D., Fujita, Toshihiko (2011): A new genus Squamophis of Asteroschematidae (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida) from Australia. ZooKeys 129: 1-15, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.129.1202, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.129.1202
