Henricia rhytisma Clark & Jewett, 2010, sp. nov. ...

Henricia rhytisma sp. nov. Figures 33–38 Henricia sp. C, Clark, 2007. www.jaxshells.org/ henricia 2.htm Type locality: Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Little Sitkin Island, near Finger Point (51° 58.201 N, 178° 27.184 E), 11 m. (AKALE 07-0045). Type material: Holotype, LACM 2007-101.001; Paratype, USNM 11...

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Main Authors: Clark, Roger N., Jewett, Stephen C.
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Published: Zenodo 2010
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6197341
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6197341
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Summary:Henricia rhytisma sp. nov. Figures 33–38 Henricia sp. C, Clark, 2007. www.jaxshells.org/ henricia 2.htm Type locality: Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Little Sitkin Island, near Finger Point (51° 58.201 N, 178° 27.184 E), 11 m. (AKALE 07-0045). Type material: Holotype, LACM 2007-101.001; Paratype, USNM 1125122. Both specimens from the type locality (leg. Reid Brewer, July, 2007; scuba 11 m) Material examined: 1, Avatanak Island (54º 05.188 N, 165º 22.839 W) (leg. R.N. Clark, 12 June, 2008; scuba 6 m); 4, Tahoma Bank, SSE of Buldir Island (52º 12.141 N, 176º 12.69 E; NMFS 143- 200401 -158) (leg. R.N. Clark, 14 July, 2004; trawled, R/V Sea Storm, 91 m) Diagnosis: moderately large, robust, fairly rigid, R to 8.0 cm (Holotype R = 7.9 cm), R:r 5; disc broad, thick, ray thick, inflated at base, tapering to slender tips; abactinal plates with 8–30 short, thick thorny spinelets; adambulacral plates with 8 to 10 thick blunt spines, 1 or 2 at furrow edge largest and usually slightly compressed. Color in life mottled, maroon ... : Published as part of Clark, Roger N. & Jewett, Stephen C., 2010, A new genus and thirteen new species of sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) from the Aleutian Island Archipelago, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 2571 on pages 15-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.294234 ...