Eiffelospina spiculata
Eiffelospina spiculata pacifica, after Nicholls, 2013

Eiffelospina spiculata (Manton & Sutherland, 1979)
Basionym: Pinaciophora spiculata Manton & Sutherland, 1979
Synonym: Rabdiophrys spiculata (Manton & Sutherland) 1979Roijackers & Siemensma, 1988

Diagnosis: Spine scales with two small unornamented teeth, and with a flattened scale base, lacking a fenestrated ridge; plate scales usually circular. Large perforations in the plate scale of nonuniform size, irregularly arranged; minute perforations absent from distal plate; plate scales sometimes elliptical.

Ecology and distribution: from arctic and subarctic marine waters

Ferry Siemensma, created March 2, 2019; last modified March 10, 2026
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