Ophiophycis richardi Mcknight, 2003, n.sp. ...

• Main Author: Mcknight, Donald G.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2003
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Ophiurida; Ophiuridae; Ophiophycis; Ophiophycis richardi; Auckland Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276728; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6276728

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 ...