Ophiolebes paulensis O'Hara & Thuy 2022, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: O'Hara, Timothy D., Thuy, Ben
• Format: Text
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• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Ophiacanthida; Ophiacanthidae; Ophiolebes; Ophiolebes paulensis; Indian; Saint-Paul; Île Amsterdam
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6404720; https://zenodo.org/record/6404720

Ophiolebes paulensis sp. nov. Fig. 9A–C, 10A–P http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F57E6CCA-DD72-4FED-80BB-439479B0C13D Type material . MD50 CP7, north-east of Île Amsterdam, 37° 47.2´S, 77° 38.98´E, 1680– 940m, Beam trawl, 9/7/1986, MNHN IE.2009.1566 (holotype), MNHN IE.2009.1567 (5 paratypes). Other material examined. MD 50 DC91, MNHN IE.2009.1568 (2). Comparative Material . Ophiolebes comatulina McKnight, 2003: NZOI / E728, 37° 37.5´S, 177° 12.198´E, 688– 432 m, 25/3/1967, holotype, NIWA 3343 (1). EBISCO/DW2603, Plateau des Chesterfield, 19° 36´S, 158° 43.0005´E, 568–570 m, 18/10/2005, MNHN IE. 2013.6311 (1). EBISCO/DW2613, Plateau des Chesterfield, 19° 37´S, 158° 41.9998´E, 519–522 m, 19/10/2005, MNHN IE. 2013.6287 (2). KAH9907/37, Ritchie Hill Seamount, 39° 29.44´S, 178° 25.05´E to 39° 28.51´S, 178° 25.48´E, 1000– 980 m, 3/6/1999, NIWA 41434 (1). Holotype description . Disc is 5.5 mm dd, the longest attached arm piece is ~ 10 mm long; disc is tumid radially and sunken interradially, covered in ... : Published as part of O'Hara, Timothy D. & Thuy, Ben, 2022, Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint- Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean, pp. 1-49 in Zootaxa 5124 (1) on pages 24-26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6404674 ...