Henricia echinata Clark & Jewett, 2010, spec. nov. ...
Henricia echinata spec. nov. Figures 42–46 Type locality: Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Andreanof Islands, Adak Island, Bay of Isles (51º 49.023 N, 176º 50.385 W), 13 m. (AKALE 07-0005). Type material: Holotype, LACM 2007-098.001(leg. R.N. Clark, 1 July, 2007). Diagnosis: Small, moderately inflated, R t...
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| Summary: | Henricia echinata spec. nov. Figures 42–46 Type locality: Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Andreanof Islands, Adak Island, Bay of Isles (51º 49.023 N, 176º 50.385 W), 13 m. (AKALE 07-0005). Type material: Holotype, LACM 2007-098.001(leg. R.N. Clark, 1 July, 2007). Diagnosis: Small, moderately inflated, R to 5.3 cm, R:r 4.8; abactinal skeleton irregular, open meshwork; abactinal plates with 5–11 blunt rather smooth spines; adambulacrals with 8–11 slender, blunt spines, 1 at furrow edge, followed by 2 slightly shorter spines, and 2 irregular rows of 3–4 shorter shorter spines; oral plates with 4–5 marginal and 1 or 2 sub-oral spines; Color in life, red. Description: Small, moderately inflated, R 5.5 cm, r 1.1 cm, R:r 5.0 cm (Figs. 42 & 43); disc small, rays relatively short, tapering to slender, blunt tips. Abactinal plates forming an irregular, open reticulation (Fig. 44); pseudopaxillae bearing 5–11 short, thick, blunt, smooth spines in two irregular rows; spines to about 0.2 mm long; madreporite small, with ... : 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 17-19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.294234 ... |
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