Overview of the Ferdina - like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species Author Mah, Christopher L. text Zootaxa 2017 4271 1 1 72 journal article 32974 10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1 f3ad9b4c-35d8-4a01-a14b-3dd968623358 1175-5326 583192 50496AC4-D639-49A7-9249-386B037DAE72 Neoferdina glyptodisca Fisher 1913 Figure 16 A–D Fisher 1913 : 282; Fisher 1919 : 370; H.L. Clark 1921: 58; Djakonov 1930 : 249 (as Ferdina glyptodisca ) Livingstone 1931 : 307; 1936: 385; Clark & Rowe 1971 : 65, note 77; Jangoux 1973 : 776, 783 (as Neoferdina glyptodisca ) Taxonomic comments. This species is distinctive from the other species in that it possesses low, weakly convex plates on the abactinal surface rather than the strongly convex plates ( Figs. 16 A, B) observed in most other Neoferdina species. Although N. glyptodisca possesses bare convex plates on the abactinal surface, the marginal and abactinal plates are very similar to those in Paraferdina sohariae ( Marsh and Price 1991: Fig. 4 ). Should the bare abactinal plates character be discovered to significantly vary, these two species might be considered closely related. Occurrence. Butung Strait, Indonesia , 44 m Material examined. USNM 32636 ; Holotype , Labuan Blanda, Butung Strait , Celebes Island , Sulawesi Island, Indonesia . -4.45, 122.928, 44m (24 fms); Coll. USFC Steamer Albatross St. 5640; 1 wet spec. R=3.5, r=1.1.