Ophiophycis richardi Mcknight, 2003, n.sp. ...
Ophiophycis richardi n.sp. Fig. 4: A, B, E. Material examined: NIWA Stn D39 (8). Depth Distribution: 549 m. Geographic Distribution: This species is recorded from southwest of the Auckland Islands. Description: Holotype: disc diameter 4 mm, arms broken, longest at about 3 mm. Marginal fringe distinc...
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| Summary: | Ophiophycis richardi n.sp. Fig. 4: A, B, E. Material examined: NIWA Stn D39 (8). Depth Distribution: 549 m. Geographic Distribution: This species is recorded from southwest of the Auckland Islands. Description: Holotype: disc diameter 4 mm, arms broken, longest at about 3 mm. Marginal fringe distinct. Disc pentagonal, domed on dorsal surface, ventral surface flat. Dorsal surface of disc covered by 16 plates; centrodorsal pentagonal, sides radial, surrounded by 5 pentagonal radial plates, which it slightly overlaps; outer angle of radial plate separates inner end of radial shields; one margin of a radial shield usually overlaps that of a neighbour. Radial shields longer than wide, blunt proximally and distally, in contact for over 1/2 of length, separated by flat first dorsal armplate; one shield sometimes overlapping its neighbour. In dorsal interradii, 2 plates extend to margin; inner is elongate, much longer than wide, rectangular; marginal plate is more or less ovoid; outer margin usually with a flat, ... : Published as part of Mcknight, Donald G., 2003, New brittlestars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 352 on pages 16-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156750 ... |
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