Pillsburiaster aoteanus McKnight 1973 ...
Pillsburiaster aoteanus McKnight, 1973 (Figures 16 A–D) McKnight, 1973: 180, fig. 5; A.M. Clark, 1993: 276, H.E.S. Clark in Clark and McKnight 2001: 100 (as P. aoteanus) McKnight, 1973: 185, fig. 7; 1993: 169, 185; A.M. Clark 1993: 277 (as P. singletoni) Distribution. New Zealand area. 120–1573 m. M...
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| Summary: | Pillsburiaster aoteanus McKnight, 1973 (Figures 16 A–D) McKnight, 1973: 180, fig. 5; A.M. Clark, 1993: 276, H.E.S. Clark in Clark and McKnight 2001: 100 (as P. aoteanus) McKnight, 1973: 185, fig. 7; 1993: 169, 185; A.M. Clark 1993: 277 (as P. singletoni) Distribution. New Zealand area. 120–1573 m. Material examined. USNM 1100852 Campbell Plateau, New Zealand. 49°13’30”S, 171°30’06E, 260 m. Coll. R/V Kayo Maru, 21 Dec. 1970. (1 dry spec. R=6.3, r=4.0); USNM 1100862 Campbell Plateau, New Zealand. 48°40’ S, 170° 48’30”, 814 m. Coll. NIWA, 20 Jan 1965. (2 dry specs. R=5.1, r=3.7; R=3.2, r=2.3). Description. Body outline pentagonal to weakly pentagonal (R:r=1.3–1.5) (Fig. 16 A). Body flat, thickened. Abactinal plates irregular to round in outline with larger plates proximally becoming smaller distally, adjacent to contact with superomarginal series, each plate covered by granules. Abactinal granules, coarse, spherical, round to quadrate in outline, 7–25 per plate. Granules crowded proximally becoming more evenly ... : Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2011, Taxonomy of high-latitude Goniasteridae (Subantarctic & Antarctic): one new genus, and three new species with an overview and key to taxa, pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 2759 on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276783 ... |
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