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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB4D549FF4024EEFEBD5B3B" bold="true" box="[151,355,1529,1555]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="210">Dytaster insignis</emphasis>
(
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)
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<figureCitation id="133C2A15FFB4D549FF40270BFF2B5B1E" box="[151,245,1564,1590]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1946,1971]" captionTargetBox="[398,1191,193,1912]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[388,1199,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 4. Paxillosida. Dytaster insignis A. Orange form. West Florida Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico, 2987 m. B. White form, Perdido Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, 26.1471, 94.86584, 2745 m. C. Cheiraster cf. echinulatus Pourtales Terrace, Gulf of Mexico, 332 m." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3764026" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3764026/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="210">Figure 4</figureCitation>
AB
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB4D549FF402775FF295B53" box="[151,247,1634,1659]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="210">Dytaster</emphasis>
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is identified based on the numerous and complete series of sharp spines present on the superomarginal and inferomarginal series. Most characters determining Atlantic
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spp. require a specimen, however
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illustrate the proximity of the madreporite to the superomarginal plates as a diagnostic character for
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB4D549FF1727DDFEA05BCB" box="[192,382,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="210">Dytaster grandis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB4D549FE6127DDFDAB5BCB" box="[438,629,1738,1763]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="210">Dytaster insignis</emphasis>
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, which both occur in the Gulf of
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.
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB4D549FB8027DDFACB5BCB" box="[1111,1301,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="210">Dytaster grandis</emphasis>
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possesses a madreporite in direct contact with the superomarginals versus
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB4D549FC8127FBFC0E5A2D" box="[854,976,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="210">D. insignis</emphasis>
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whose madreporite is located well away from the superomarginal plates. Both observations listed below show the latter character, identifying this species as
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB4D549FF402625FE885A63" box="[151,342,1842,1867]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="210">Dytaster insignis</emphasis>
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.
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Both individuals appeared to be the same species, but two colors morphs were observed, a deep orange form from the West
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Escarpment (
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) and a white colored form from Period Canyon (
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). Based on the laser based scale bars projected by the ROV, the Perdido Canyon specimen was half the size (R=10.0 cm diameter) than the
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Escarpment specimen (R=~20.0 cm diameter) suggesting that color could be correlated with size. The different localities and available food might also explain the variation in color.
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FIGURE 4.
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.
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB7D54AFD9C268DFDBA5A9B" bold="true" box="[587,612,1946,1971]" pageId="10" pageNumber="211">A.</emphasis>
Orange
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form. West Florida Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico, 2987 m.
<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB7D54AFAD3268CFAC55A9B" bold="true" box="[1284,1307,1947,1971]" pageId="10" pageNumber="211">B.</emphasis>
White form, Perdido Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, 26.1471, 94.86584, 2745 m.
<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB7D54AFCC526A9FCF55AFF" bold="true" box="[786,811,1982,2007]" pageId="10" pageNumber="211">C.</emphasis>
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cf.
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Pourtales Terrace, Gulf
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of Mexico, 332 m.
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB6D54BFF40218EFE735D9B" box="[151,429,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="212">Ecological Observations</emphasis>
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Although well represented in museum collections,
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video observations of this species, by
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB6D54BFADC21AAFF025DD3" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="212">Okeanos Explorer</emphasis>
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, are the first of this species from the Gulf of
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.
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Tyler
<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB6D54BFC4121F5FC175DD3" box="[918,969,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="212">et al</emphasis>
. (1990)
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show a single photo of
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB6D54BFAEB21F5FF335C37" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="212">Dytaster grandis</emphasis>
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on bottom settings amidst phyotdetritus at
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in the Northeast Atlantic.
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Tyler
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. (1990)
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noted that
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB6D54BFF40203DFE8B5C6B" box="[151,341,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="212">Dytaster grandis</emphasis>
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was omnivorous, summarizing gut contents of various prey items but also phytodetritus as food.
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Most
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have been characterized as burying themselves in the subsurface of weakly consolidated sediment (e.g.
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) based primarily on trawled sediment and gut contents as well as comparisons with similar shallow-water taxa. But first hand observations of many deep-sea
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, especially those at abyssal depths is lacking and suggests a more variable lifestyle than that of consistent, long-term subsurface burial.
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<paragraph id="8BB83690FFB6D54BFF102316FC265F4B" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,863]" pageId="11" pageNumber="212">Video of the individual from Period Canyon suggests at least partial burial with disk and arms emerging from very flocculent sediment. Arms were flush with the sediment with spines projecting upwards and away from the body. The disk was strongly swollen and appeared to be filled with sediment.</paragraph>
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This is contrasted with the second image showing the individual which was observed moving across the sedimented surface of the West
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Escarpment with arms lifted well above the bottom by its tube feet. This latter individual had a greatly enlarged disk, apparently filled with sediment and including what appeared to be a discrete turret on top of the disk, which gradually lost shape and seemed to return in shape with the top of the disk.
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and other astropectinids lack an anus and discharge finished, digested sediment back through the mouth back out onto the sea bottom. This could explain one possible role of movement in this species, i.e., the need to discharge inorganic sediment to the environment following digestion.
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<emphasis id="B973EA82FFB6D54BFF402299FE815E8F" box="[151,351,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="212">Images Examined</emphasis>
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white. Perdido Canyon, Gulf of
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orange. West
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