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

• Main Authors: Clark, Roger N., Jewett, Stephen C.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Spinulosida; Echinasteridae; Henricia; Henricia elachys; Rat Islands; Aleutian Island; Archipelago; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6197355; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6197355

Henricia elachys sp. nov. Figures 59–62 & 64 Type locality: Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands, Rat Island (51º 49.594 N, 178º 27.184 E), 14 m. (AKALE 07-A0031). Type material: Holotype, LACM 2007-099.001; 1 Paratype, USNM 1125123 (leg. R.N. Clark, 1 July, 2007). Diagnosis: Small moderately inflated, R to 2.3 cm, R:r 3–3.2; disc relatively broad, rays broad at base, tapering to slender tips; abactinal skeleton fine, open meshwork; pseudopaxillae round or oval, bearing 16–27 very slender spinules with 1–3 apical thorns. Actinal inter-radial series only about 75% or R. Adambulacrals with 10–16 rather slender spines, in 3 rows, 2 long spines at the furrow edge, followed by 2 lateral rows of 3– 5, and a central row of 2–4. Color in life reddish, mottled with lighter colors. Description: Small, moderately inflated, R to 2.3 cm (Holotype R = 2.1 cm), r to 0.7 cm, R:r 3–3.2 cm (Figs. 59 & 60); disc broad, rays relatively short, broad at base, tapering to slender tips. Abactinal plates small, round to ... : 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 22-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.294234 ...