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<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A95C3FA3E969A0BF7" bold="true" box="[160,416,1464,1491]" italics="true" pageId="10">Gymnolophus obscura</emphasis>
(Ljungman)
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<paragraph id="3D3336B42037BA5A95C3FA6496680BD8" blockId="10.[160,555,1341,1533]" box="[160,338,1506,1533]" pageId="10">(Pl. VI. Fig. a,b)</paragraph>
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1867. 
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<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A9583F991968E0808" box="[224,436,1559,1580]" italics="true" pageId="10">Ophiocnemis obscura</emphasis>
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: Ljungman, A. 
<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A970EF99295B20874" italics="true" pageId="10">Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866.</emphasis>
23(9): 333.
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1969. 
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<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A9583F9EA969508A5" box="[224,431,1644,1665]" italics="true" pageId="10">Gymnolophus obscura</emphasis>
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Bull. 
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.
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1971. 
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<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A9583F944968108F3" box="[224,443,1730,1751]" italics="true" pageId="10">Gymnolophus obscura</emphasis>
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: Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. 
<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A9583F96097C8093B" italics="true" pageId="10">Monograph of shallow water Indo-west pacific echinoderms, p.</emphasis>
117 (key), p. 82-83 (distribution).
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1988. 
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<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A9583F8BD96890974" box="[224,435,1851,1872]" italics="true" pageId="10">Gymnolophus obscura</emphasis>
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: James, D.B. 
<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A975EF8BD94270974" box="[573,797,1851,1872]" italics="true" pageId="10">Proc.Symp. Endangered</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A96FEFF5F93D00EC9" box="[925,1258,216,238]" italics="true" pageId="10">Marine Animals and Marine Parks,</emphasis>
1985. 
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: 404.
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<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A96E6FE8094DE0F04" box="[901,996,262,288]" italics="true" pageId="10">Material</emphasis>
: AG-5. Dt. 
<date id="493210742037BA5A9105FE8093DB0F04" box="[1126,1249,262,288]" pageId="10" value="2018-03-02">03.02.2018</date>
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<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A96E6FEBE93390F75" box="[901,1027,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="10">Description</emphasis>
: The specimen measures 
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in disc diameter, disc scales naked. Radial shields 
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long, high crest in the middle, highest at the distal end, gradually sloping towards centre of the disc. Arms 
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long, upper arm plates as long as broad proximally, a little wider further. Lower arm plates octagonal, longer than broad. Arm spines up to 5 proximally, appearing smooth with incipient triangular spikes, lowest arm spine very small with proximally curved and pointed spines at the tip. Only tooth papillae present, no lateral papillae. General colouration black with a longitudinal speckled marking on the arms prominent proximally.
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<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A96E6FD7393320D2B" box="[901,1032,757,783]" italics="true" pageId="10">Distribution</emphasis>
: 
<collectingCountry id="459B76242037BA5A9176FD7393930D2B" box="[1045,1193,757,783]" name="India" pageId="10">Lakshadweep</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingRegion id="FF48F8562037BA5A91BFFD7392650D2B" box="[1244,1375,757,783]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="10">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
. 
<emphasis id="0FF8EAA62037BA5A9004FD7392E10D2A" box="[1383,1499,757,783]" italics="true" pageId="10">Elsewhere:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="459B76242037BA5A963EFC9F94F80D17" box="[861,962,793,819]" name="Maldives" pageId="10">Maldives</collectingCountry>
, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, 
<collectingCountry id="459B76242037BA5A9072FC9F92E10D17" box="[1297,1499,793,819]" name="Philippines" pageId="10">Philippine Islands</collectingCountry>
and North 
<collectingCountry id="459B76242037BA5A96BFFCBB93780D73" box="[988,1090,829,855]" name="Australia" pageId="10">Australia</collectingCountry>
. The species is newly recorded from 
<collectingCountry id="459B76242037BA5A963EFCE794CB0D5F" box="[861,1009,865,891]" name="India" pageId="10">Lakshadweep</collectingCountry>
and it is an addition to N.Z.C.
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