FIGURE 5 in Potential cryptic speciation in Mediterranean populations of Ophioderma (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)

FIGURE 5. Colour variability in Mediterranean Ophioderma longicauda. A–C, dorsal, ventral and ovaries of a dark brown spm from Banyuls sur Mer (SMNH-102630), the oocytes are ochre with a green tinge; D, E, dark brown spm from Marseille (SMNH-38756), dorsal and ventral aspect, traces of red on the ventral side are no longer present after several years in ethanol; F, G, brown spm from Cyprus (SMNH-99790); H, I, vividly green spm from Lebanon (SMNH-99766); J, K, olive green and brown spm from Cyprus (SMNH-99790); L, M, brooding spm from Cyprus (SMNH-80284) with brown dorsal side and green and brown ventral side; N–P, brooder (SMNH-80284) with brown and olive dorsal pattern and green and brown ventral side; N, opened ventral interradius filled with juveniles; P, dorsal disk removed, showing the ovaries filled with juveniles (in total 1,048). SMNH, Swedish Museum of Natural History catalogue numbers; spm, specimen.