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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFF772CC652CF43D4" bold="true" box="[151,398,654,681]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">Ceramaster palmyra</emphasis>
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Species epithet is named for the
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locality,
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.
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is held in apposition.
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<paragraph id="8BDE8B0AFF96C34AFF772DBE50C94500" blockId="11.[151,1437,1015,1149]" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">Body stellate (R/r=2.0), stout, arms triangular with curved interradial arcs. Abactinal plates with large peripheral granules and smaller central granules, the former approximately twice the size of the latter. Superomarginal plate tumid, significantly arched, abactinal surface completely bald, save for clustered granules on lateral side. Furrow spines slender, 4 7, subambulacrals thick in 2 rows, 3 spines each.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C61F089FF96C34AFF772B5E52C2444C" authorityName="Mah" authorityYear="2024" box="[151,387,1303,1329]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Ceramaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="11" pageNumber="462" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="palmyra" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFF772B5E52C2444C" box="[151,387,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">Ceramaster palmyra</emphasis>
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is based on the strongly tumid superomarginal plate dorsal surface, the absence of granulation from the superomarginal surfaces, slender furrow spines and large, trapezoidal granules on the abactinal plates. Peripheral abactinal granules are approximately twice the size of the central granules.
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Although a full overview of
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spp.
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is beyond the scope herein, comparison of this species showed general morphological similarity with
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species
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that most closely cluster with
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFB7A2BEE560644BD" box="[1178,1351,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">C. patagonicus</emphasis>
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, which displays tabulate abactinal plates, a bald area on the superomarginal plates as well as trapezoidal peripheral granules which vary in size relative to the granules on the central region of the abactinal plate. This includes, but is not limited to the recently described
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFDEB285A51974751" box="[523,726,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">Ceramaster vorax</emphasis>
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as well as other Pacific species such as
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFAF8285A53B8472C" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">Ceramaster australis</emphasis>
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,
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(
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)
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,
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFC22287E57FD472D" box="[962,1212,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">Ceramaster japonicus</emphasis>
(
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)
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, the Atlantic
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFF1A281252BD4708" box="[250,508,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">Ceramaster granularis</emphasis>
(Retzius 1783)
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as well as
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFCCB281250974709" box="[811,982,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">C. patagonicus</emphasis>
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itself which is widely occurring at high latitudes. Other
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species
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, such as the deep-sea North Pacific
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFC342836579B47E5" box="[980,1242,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">Ceramaster pointsurae</emphasis>
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show strong morphological affinities with the Atlantic
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and based on character comparisons form a separate cluster from those which share characters with
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFC0F288E57D8479D" box="[1007,1177,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">C. patagonicus</emphasis>
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.
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This species is distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFD8328A251894679" box="[611,712,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">C. vorax</emphasis>
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based primarily on the completely bald superomarginal plate surface, which in
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFEBC294652FA4655" box="[348,443,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">C. vorax</emphasis>
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is limited to a discrete region as well as the presence of pedicellariae, which were present in
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFF53297A52524631" box="[179,275,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">C. vorax</emphasis>
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, but not observed on
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFDE1297A51A94630" box="[513,744,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">Ceramaster palmyra</emphasis>
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Subambulacral spines in
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFBA6297A57824630" box="[1094,1219,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">C. palmyra</emphasis>
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are similar in number and orientation to
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFE22291E5162460D" box="[450,547,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">C. vorax</emphasis>
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but are smaller, more widely spaced and oriented in more regular series. Other shared characters between
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFE21293251E846E8" box="[449,681,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">Ceramaster palmyra</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFCFF2932503E46E9" box="[799,895,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">C. vorax</emphasis>
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, including similar abactinal plate granule shapes and identical furrow spine numbers. Among the known tropical Pacific
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF96C34AFC4F29D6571946C5" box="[943,1112,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="462">C. patagonicus</emphasis>
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species, these two show close morphological affinities.
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FIGURE 4.
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MCZ 153216. Holotype. A. Abactinal. B. Closeup abactinal plates. C. Armtip and superomarginal plates. D. Actinal. E. Adambulacral plates with furrow and subambulacral spines. Scale bar=5.0 mm: A, B; Scale bar=1.0 mm: B, E; Scale bar=3.0 mm: C.
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Also similar, is the South African
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF91C34DFDA4296E500B463C" box="[580,842,1831,1857]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="463">Ceramaster trispinosus</emphasis>
H.L.
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, which differs in showing 3 furrow spines versus
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and showing a complete cover of granules on the superomarginal plate surface where
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF91C34DFEDA292652F946F4" box="[314,440,1903,1929]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="463">C. palmyra</emphasis>
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displays a prominent bald patch.
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All of the other “
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF91C34DFE7329DA510146D0" box="[403,576,1939,1965]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="463">C. patagonicus</emphasis>
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” cluster species, such as
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF91C34DFC8D29DA575846D0" box="[877,1049,1939,1965]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="463">C. patagonicus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF91C34DFBCB29DA57E646D0" box="[1067,1191,1939,1965]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="463">C. arcticus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF91C34DFB5929DA567E46D0" box="[1209,1343,1939,1965]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="463">C. australis</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF91C34DFA6329DA524C46AC" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="463">C. granularis</emphasis>
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, displayed substantially thicker, fewer and more elongate furrow and subambulacral spination than
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF91C34DFA6329FE53B54688" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="463">C. palmyra</emphasis>
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Given the widely occurring distribution and relatively slight character differences between species, further molecular tests of
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF90C34CFE852EF252A841A8" box="[357,489,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="464">Ceramaster</emphasis>
spp.
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are desirable.
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF90C34CFF772F6F5268403D" bold="true" box="[151,297,294,320]" pageId="13" pageNumber="464">Occurrence</emphasis>
</heading>
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Near
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="B9155718FF90C34CFF772F9352694089" bold="true" box="[151,296,474,500]" pageId="13" pageNumber="464">Description</emphasis>
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Body stout, outline stellate (
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/r=2.0), arms triangular with blunt tips, armtips upturned. Interradial arcs curved(
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).
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<paragraph id="8BDE8B0AFF90C34CFF272C22512B42B4" blockId="13.[151,1437,547,2013]" pageId="13" pageNumber="464">
Abactinal plates mostly hexagonal in shape, variably polygonal to round distally adjacent to superomarginal contact. Individual plates tabulate with broad base. Fasciolar grooves well developed cross all of disk surface (
<figureCitation id="135A978FFF90C34CFA8F2CC653FA43B0" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1666,1690]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1642]" captionTargetId="figure-24@12.[151,1435,181,1642]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Ceramaster palmyra n. sp. MCZ 153216. Holotype. A. Abactinal. B. Closeup abactinal plates. C. Armtip and superomarginal plates. D. Actinal. E. Adambulacral plates with furrow and subambulacral spines. Scale bar=5.0 mm: A, B; Scale bar=1.0 mm: B, E; Scale bar=3.0 mm: C." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14386790" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14386790/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="464">Fig. 4B</figureCitation>
). Each plate with 3 to 30 granules on surface, peripheral granules on radial disk and arm plates two to three times larger than those on central plate surface (
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). Granules on interradial plates and distally adjacent to superomarginal contact more homogeneous in size. Larger papular radial plates with 3550 (four to ten, mostly six to eight per side), large trapezoidal peripheral granules different from other coarse round granules. Abactinal plates distributed on disk and approximately midway along arm, the remainder of which occupied by abutted superomarginal plates (
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). Interradii with closely arranged plates bearing homogeneously sized, closely distributed granules. Papulae present on radial regions, absent interradially. No pedicellariae. Madreporite quadrate in shape, flanked by four abactinal plates.
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<paragraph id="8BDE8B0AFF90C34CFF272D9A577144E0" blockId="13.[151,1437,547,2013]" pageId="13" pageNumber="464">
Superomarginals and inferomarginals, 24 (armtip to armtip), both series offset along complete series forming zigzag contact between them on lateral surface. Superomarginal plates with convex surface and strongly rounded dorsolateral edge, making plate rounded in cross-section. Superomarginal plates wide, almost completely with dorsal-facing with series forming distinct boundary around abactinal surface, occupying approximately 16% of the disk radius “r” (=0.4/2.4). Distalmost five superomarginal plates completely abutted over mid radius with sixth superomarginal plate partially abutted on all arms (
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). Round abactinal surface of each superomarginal plate bald, smooth, with nearly all granules absent. Lateral side of superomarginal plates with cluster of densely packed, round granules, approximately 1550, mostly 2025, with largest number interradially decreasing to approximately 1015 distally becoming nearly absent near armtip. Superomarginal plates each with 1530 closely packed quadrate granules forming periphery around each plate. Inferomarginal plates covered by a dense pavement of closely packed round, easily abraded granules, 100800 completely covering plate surface. Distalmost three to five inferomarginal plates with irregular polygonal to triangular raised, smooth, bald surface. No pedicellariae on either marginal series observed. Terminal plate triangular, half the size of adjacent superomarginal plate.
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Actinal plate surface with three to four rows arranged in chevron-like series (
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). Individual plates quadrate to rectangular in shape with those distalmost interradially adjacent to the inferomarginal plate contact smallest and most irregular in shape. Plates covered by relatively coarse granules, approximately three count along a 1.0 mm line. Individual plates covered by granules, 8 60 per plate, with granules differing in shape for peripheral and central plate regions with peripheral granules more quadrate versus those on central areas which are more round. All granules evenly but closely spaced. Actinal plates adjacent to the adambulacral plate series rectangular and relatively elongate compared to those occurring on the remainder of the actinal intermediate region. Granular cover becomes more homogeneous distally adjacent to the inferomarginal plate contact. Actinal granules approximately 1.52.0 the size of those on the inferomarginal plate surface. No pedicellariae.
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Adambulacral plates with furrow spines, 4 to 7, with fewest furrow spines distally, two series of subambulacral thick spines, each with three spines per series and a series of granules, 2 to 4 which are similar in appearance to those on actinal intermediate plate surface (
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). Furrow spines with blunt, rounded tips, quadrate in cross-section, palmate arrangement with distinct space setting them apart from subambulacral spines. Subambulacral spines, three, each spine quadrate to polygonal in cross-section, approximately twice as thick as an individual furrow spine, approximately 70% of the height of the furrow spines. Third subambulacral series, three to four, short, approximately 50% of height of adjacent subambulacral spine with blunt to pointed tip. similar in height to actinal granules. Oral plates with 9 to 10 furrow spines, with two projecting into mouth per interradius. Oral spines triangular to quadrate in cross-section, with blunt or pointed tips. Oral plate surface with two or three short thick spines, triangular to polygonal in cross-section, similar in appearance to subambulacral spines on adambulacral plates. Fossae between two halves of the oral plate with short, thick spines, similar to the second and third series of subambulacral spines, polygonal to triangular in cross-section. Spines on oral plates all widely spaced.
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Color of living individuals was yellow with white highlights along the disk inter radii and around the superomarginal plates (
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