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. Rays 5, size small, body thick, covered by thin integument; rays discrete, form medium to long-rayed stellate, flat actinally, rays elevated, narrow or broad basally; abactinal plates thick, imbricating, shallow notch and crescentiform, irregular in form and arrangement on narrow median band of upper rays; plates and papulae in few series along sides of rays; papulae predominantly single per space; secondary plates rare; abactinal spinelets few to none on plates, glassy, sacciform or conical or acicular; glassy convexities present; superomarginal plates in regular series; inferomarginal plates each with up to 7 discrete short spinelets or tuft of acicular spinelets; actinal interradial plates in oblique series; actinal interradial plates each with 12, long or short, sacciform spines; superambulacral plates rare, or in distal series, not in complete series; superactinal plates present as single plate struts.
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(original designation).
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FF0EE46FFEC44F6A" box="[139,269,1816,1836]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Other species.</emphasis>
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(H.L.
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FD83E46FFD504F6A" box="[518,665,1816,1836]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">T. leptalacantha</emphasis>
(H.L.
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(unrecognised subspecies:
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FE40E444FCC24F01" box="[453,779,1843,1863]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Disasterina leptalacantha africana</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F46B4B3AFF98FF94FF0EE439FEEE4F24" author="Mortensen, Th." box="[139,295,1870,1890]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" pagination="215 - 400" refId="ref36584" refString="Mortensen, Th. 1933. Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kobenhavn 93: 215 - 400, pls 8 - 19." type="journal article" year="1933">Mortensen, 1933</bibRefCitation>
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, this work);
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FE1CE439FDC74F24" box="[409,526,1870,1890]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">T. praesignis</emphasis>
(
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)
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(junior synonym:
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H.L.
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, this work).
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Material examined.
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(2). Other material. J16575 (1).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="904536CBFF98FF94FCC9E263FC364902" blockId="34.[817,1457,224,537]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FCC9E263FC0F496C" box="[844,966,276,298]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
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.
</emphasis>
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<typeStatus id="4F418869FF98FF94FC57E262FBE0496F" box="[978,1065,277,297]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
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,
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, shallow sublittoral,
<collectionCode id="F6EBAE0EFF98FF94FC1DE247FC744902" box="[920,957,304,324]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="904536CBFF98FF94FCC9E23CFC4C49D2" blockId="34.[817,1457,224,537]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FCC9E23CFBF54919" box="[844,1084,331,351]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FCC9E23CFBF14919" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[844,1080,331,351]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">Asterina leptalacantha</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
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<typeStatus id="4F418869FF98FF94FBD7E23CFB644919" box="[1106,1197,331,351]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
. Queensland, Capricorn Group,
<collectionCode id="F6EBAE0EFF98FF94FCFCE212FC57493F" box="[889,926,357,377]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
<specimenCode id="C05C9EB0FF98FF94FC22E212FC29493F" box="[935,992,357,377]" collectionCode="AM" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="Museum">J3082</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
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<location id="95256010FF98FF94FC69E212FBE9493F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:185387DDFF98FF95FF0EE729FB744C8A:95256010FF98FF94FC69E212FBE9493F" box="[1004,1056,357,377]" country="Mauritius" name="Other" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Other</location>
material. J6097 (1);
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,
<quantity id="57029B2EFF98FF94FAD6E212FA4E493F" box="[1363,1415,357,377]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="m" value="24.0">
<elevation id="1BD7D1F8FF98FF94FAD6E212FA4E493F" box="[1363,1415,357,377]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="m" value="24.0">24 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
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(1).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="904536CBFF98FF94FCDFE2ECFC9849A2" blockId="34.[817,1457,224,537]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FCDFE2ECFBF649E9" box="[858,1087,411,431]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FCDFE2ECFBF249E9" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[858,1083,411,431]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">Disasterina praesignis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="20923C96FF98FF94FBCBE2ECFC50498F" collectionCode="AM" location="Port Curtis" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" specimenCode="J5059" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Queensland" typeStatus="holotype">
<typeStatus id="4F418869FF98FF94FBCBE2ECFB6149E9" box="[1102,1192,411,431]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
<collectingRegion id="523EF829FF98FF94FB3CE2ECFAE349E9" box="[1209,1322,411,431]" country="Australia" name="Queensland" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Queensland</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="95256010FF98FF94FAB9E2ECFA6749E9" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:185387DDFF98FF95FF0EE729FB744C8A:95256010FF98FF94FAB9E2ECFA6749E9" box="[1340,1454,411,431]" name="Port Curtis" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" stateProvince="Queensland">Port Curtis</location>
,
<collectionCode id="F6EBAE0EFF98FF94FCB4E2C2FC9F498F" box="[817,854,437,457]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
<specimenCode id="C05C9EB0FF98FF94FCE5E2C2FC50498F" box="[864,921,437,457]" collectionCode="AM" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="Museum">J5059</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="20923C96FF98FF94FC20E2C2FA94498F" box="[933,1373,437,457]" collectionCode="NMV" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" specimenCode="F94009" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Queensland">
Other material. J19314 (3);
<collectionCode id="F6EBAE0EFF98FF94FB36E2C2FB21498F" box="[1203,1256,437,457]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978" name="Museum Victoria" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="Museum">NMV</collectionCode>
<specimenCode id="C05C9EB0FF98FF94FB77E2C2FAFE498F" box="[1266,1335,437,457]" collectionCode="NMV" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978" name="Museum Victoria" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="Museum">F94009</specimenCode>
(1)
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; F94010 (1).
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<paragraph id="904536CBFF98FF94FCC9E29CFC9E4A5F" blockId="34.[817,1457,224,537]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FCC9E29CFC1C49B9" box="[844,981,489,511]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FCC9E29CFC0649B9" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[844,975,491,511]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="spinulifera">D. spinulifera</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
N
<collectingRegion id="523EF829FF98FF94FC79E29CFB6D49B9" box="[1020,1188,491,511]" country="Australia" name="Western Australia" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Western Australia</collectingRegion>
, Lacepede I.,
<collectionCode id="F6EBAE0EFF98FF94FAB6E29CFAA349B9" box="[1331,1386,491,511]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34981" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34981" name="Western Australian Museum" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="Museum">WAM</collectionCode>
Z6773 (1).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D8E06540FF98FF94FCB4E148FB2D4F3B" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="description">
<paragraph id="904536CBFF98FF94FCB4E148FBF74B65" blockId="34.[817,1457,575,1917]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FCB4E148FB654A13" box="[817,1196,575,597]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Description with species variations.</emphasis>
Body thick, covered by thin integument; rays 5, discrete, flat actinally, high convex abactinally, narrow at base (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FBD5E10DFB6A4AD6" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[1104,1187,634,656]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tegulaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="emburyi">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FBD5E10DFB6A4AD6" box="[1104,1187,634,656]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">emburyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) or broad basally tapering distally to widely (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB80E1E0FBFB4AEB" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[1029,1074,663,685]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FB80E1E0FBFB4AEB" box="[1029,1074,663,685]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) or narrowly (
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FB5EE1E0FCA54A8D" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB5EE1E0FAA04AEB" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[1243,1385,663,685]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">leptalacantha</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FAFFE1E0FCA54A8D" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">praesignis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
) rounded; size small (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FBDFE1C2FB2C4A8D" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[1114,1253,693,715]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FBDFE1C2FB2C4A8D" box="[1114,1253,693,715]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">leptalacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
up to R =
<quantity id="57029B2EFF98FF94FAE5E1C2FA674A8D" box="[1376,1454,693,715]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="25.0">25 mm</quantity>
;
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FCB4E1A5FC974AAE" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[817,862,722,744]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FCB4E1A5FC974AAE" box="[817,862,722,744]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
up to R =
<quantity id="57029B2EFF98FF94FC6CE1A5FBE74AAE" box="[1001,1070,722,744]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="7.0">7 mm</quantity>
); pedicellariae present over papulae (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FCBFE198FC444B43" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[826,909,751,773]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tegulaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="emburyi">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FCBFE198FC444B43" box="[826,909,751,773]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">emburyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 2 conical valves), or not; none fissiparous; gonopores abactinal or actinal (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB87E07AFBE64B65" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[1026,1071,781,803]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FB87E07AFBE64B65" box="[1026,1071,781,803]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="904536CBFF98FF94FCD4E05DFB574E7D" blockId="34.[817,1457,575,1917]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
Abactinal surface uneven, dominated by projecting proximal edges of imbricating thick plates; narrow median band of upper rays plates irregular in form and arrangement; part carinal series variably evident on upper rays (
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FA9EE0F5FC534BF3" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FA9EE0F5FA834BDE" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[1307,1354,898,920]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">alba</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FADDE0F5FA644BDE" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[1368,1453,898,920]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tegulaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="emburyi">emburyi</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FCB4E0E8FC534BF3" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[817,922,927,949]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">praesignis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
); secondary plates rare (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB14E0E8FB2D4BF3" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[1169,1252,927,949]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tegulaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="emburyi">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FB14E0E8FB2D4BF3" box="[1169,1252,927,949]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">emburyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) or absent (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FADEE0E8FA414BF3" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[1371,1416,927,949]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FADEE0E8FA414BF3" box="[1371,1416,927,949]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), or primary plates grading from large to small (
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FAA5E0C9FC534BB6" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FAA5E0C9FA644B95" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[1312,1453,957,979]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">leptalacantha</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FCB4E0ADFC534BB6" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[817,922,986,1008]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">praesignis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
); up to 3 series of papulate plates with shallow notch and crescentiform along each side of rays; papular spaces small, predominantly single large papulae per space, irregular on upper rays, series on sides of rays; disc bordered by 5 radial and 5 interradial plates, variably regular; abactinal plates with spinelet-bearing raised rounded proximal edge (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FAD8E71AFA434CC5" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[1373,1418,1133,1155]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FAD8E71AFA434CC5" box="[1373,1418,1133,1155]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) or domes (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FC00E7FDFBD94CE6" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[901,1040,1162,1184]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FC00E7FDFBD94CE6" box="[901,1040,1162,1184]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">leptalacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); abactinal spinelets frequently lacking, or sometimes up to 12, glassy, sacciform to conical, spinelets across proximal edge of plates (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FBEAE7B2FB554C9D" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[1135,1180,1221,1243]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FBEAE7B2FB554C9D" box="[1135,1180,1221,1243]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), or present distally as tufts of small sacciform spinelets (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FBDEE795FB674CBE" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[1115,1198,1250,1272]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tegulaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="emburyi">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FBDEE795FB674CBE" box="[1115,1198,1250,1272]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">emburyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), or with tufts of acicular sacciform spinelets on distal interradial plates (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FA92E788FA6B4D53" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[1303,1442,1279,1301]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FA92E788FA6B4D53" box="[1303,1442,1279,1301]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">leptalacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), or rarely a few short sacciform spinelets on apex of plates (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FCBFE64DFC6A4D16" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[826,931,1338,1360]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FCBFE64DFC6A4D16" box="[826,931,1338,1360]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">praesignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); glassy convexities on bare plates; superomarginal and inferomarginal plates predominantly subequal, in regular series; superomarginal plates with a few abactinal-type spinelets (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FC27E6E5FC064DEE" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[930,975,1426,1448]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FC27E6E5FC064DEE" box="[930,975,1426,1448]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), or with spinelets only in mid-interradius (
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FCBFE6D8FC444D83" box="[826,909,1455,1477]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">emburyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), or bare (
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FC72E6D8FB4B4D83" box="[1015,1154,1455,1477]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">leptalacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), or with rare spinelets (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FAFFE6D8FCA54DA5" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FAFFE6D8FCA54DA5" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">praesignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); projecting inferomarginal plates with cover of up to 7 short acicular spinelets per plate (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB20E69DFB1B4E46" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[1189,1234,1514,1536]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FB20E69DFB1B4E46" box="[1189,1234,1514,1536]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), or series of up to 6 short spinelets
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FC54E57EFB6D4E5B" box="[977,1188,1543,1565]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
(
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,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FBBEE570FB6D4E5B" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[1083,1188,1543,1565]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">praesignis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
), or tuft of long acicular sacciform spinelets (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB81E552FB464E7D" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[1028,1167,1573,1595]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FB81E552FB464E7D" box="[1028,1167,1573,1595]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">leptalacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="904536CBFF98FF94FCD4E535FC604ED5" blockId="34.[817,1457,575,1917]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
Actinal interradial plates in oblique series; proximal interradial non-plated areas sometimes present (
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FA9BE528FC534ED5" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FA9BE528FA674E33" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[1310,1454,1631,1653]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">leptalacantha</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FCB4E50AFC534ED5" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[817,922,1661,1683]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">praesignis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="904536CBFF98FF94FCD4E5EDFB3E4F63" blockId="34.[817,1457,575,1917]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
Actinal spines per plate: oral 69; suboral 1 (
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FACFE5EDFBDE4E8B" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FACFE5EDFAB04EF6" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[1354,1401,1690,1712]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">alba</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FA0FE5EDFC694E8B" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">leptalacantha</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FC2BE5C0FBDE4E8B" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[942,1047,1719,1741]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">praesignis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
) or 2 large, 4 small (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FA85E5C0FA9A4E8B" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[1280,1363,1719,1741]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tegulaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="emburyi">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FA85E5C0FA9A4E8B" box="[1280,1363,1719,1741]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">emburyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); furrow 47, webbed; subambulacral 15; adradial actinal spines present; actinal predominantly 2 (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB14E585FB2D4F4E" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[1169,1252,1778,1800]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tegulaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="emburyi">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FB14E585FB2D4F4E" box="[1169,1252,1778,1800]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">emburyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) or 1; actinal interradial spines sacciform, long or short (
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB3EE478FB214F63" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[1211,1256,1807,1829]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FB3EE478FB214F63" box="[1211,1256,1807,1829]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="904536CBFF98FF94FCD4E45AFB2D4F3B" blockId="34.[817,1457,575,1917]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
Superambulacral plates rare (
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FB03E45AFADF4F05" box="[1158,1302,1837,1859]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB03E45AFB7C4F05" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[1158,1205,1837,1859]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">alba</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB46E45AFADF4F05" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[1219,1302,1837,1859]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tegulaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="emburyi">emburyi</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
) or series distally
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF98FF94FCE0E43DFBA64F26" box="[869,1135,1866,1888]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
(
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FCE8E43DFC354F26" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[877,1020,1866,1888]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">leptalacantha</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF98FF94FB83E43DFBA64F26" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[1030,1135,1866,1888]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">praesignis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
), not in complete series; superactinal plates present as single plate struts.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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Figure 17. ad,
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE91E0D0FE744BFD" box="[276,445,935,955]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Stegnaster inflatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cleared, R = 45 mm, NMV F95675): a, abactinal globose spinelets and granules; b, internal adradial interradius, showing absence of superambulacral plates (left) and presence of superactinal plates (right); c, actinal furrow spines, and granule-covered integument; d, actinal glassy thorn-tipped spines. ef,
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FDEDE0ABFCD34BB6" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1879" box="[616,794,988,1008]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tremaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="mirabilis">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FDEDE0ABFCD34BB6" box="[616,794,988,1008]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Tremaster mirabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(R = 60 mm, NMV F67741): e, arched body, with abactinal brood chamber pore (arrow); f, ambulacrum showing vertical series of furrow spines.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="D8E06540FF99FF95FF06E735FE2A4C33" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="904536CBFF99FF95FF06E735FE2A4C33" blockId="35.[131,771,1089,1141]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FF06E735FF374C1E" box="[131,254,1090,1112]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Distribution</emphasis>
. Northern
<collectingCountry id="E8ED765BFF99FF95FEFDE736FE1E4C11" box="[376,471,1089,1111]" name="Australia" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Australia</collectingCountry>
, Lord Howe I., Norfolk I.,
<collectingCountry id="E8ED765BFF99FF95FF06E728FF214C33" box="[131,232,1119,1141]" name="Mauritius" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Mauritius</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E8ED765BFF99FF95FF76E728FEB14C33" box="[243,376,1119,1141]" name="South Africa" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">South Africa</collectingCountry>
;
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0
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D8E06540FF99FF95FF06E7FCFB744C8A" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="904536CBFF99FF95FF06E7FCFDE84E1F" blockId="35.[131,772,1163,1918]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FF06E7FCFF154CE7" box="[131,220,1163,1185]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Remarks</emphasis>
. Molecular data are not available and this review is based on morphological evidence. Two species have been removed from
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FEA7E7B1FE514C9A" authorityName=", Perrier" authorityYear="1875" box="[290,408,1222,1244]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FEA7E7B1FE514C9A" box="[290,408,1222,1244]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Disasterina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FE44E7B1FDE34C9A" authorityName=", Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[449,554,1222,1244]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tegulaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE44E7B1FDE34C9A" box="[449,554,1222,1244]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Tegulaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the reasons are discussed under the former.
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE2CE794FDDB4CBF" box="[425,530,1251,1273]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Tegulaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also shares some morphological characters with
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FE13E677FDC54D50" authority="OLoughlin &amp; Waters, 2004" authorityName="OLoughlin &amp; Waters" authorityYear="2004" box="[406,524,1280,1302]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Indianastra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE13E677FDC54D50" box="[406,524,1280,1302]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Indianastra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B9BD57A2FF99FF95FD96E677FDB94D50" box="[531,624,1280,1302]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
above, in particular the spination, limited presence of superambulacral plates and presence of series of superactinal plates. The features distinguishing
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE9DE62FFE484D28" box="[280,385,1368,1390]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Tegulaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE3BE62FFDFD4D28" box="[446,564,1368,1390]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Indianastra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are: body thick with discrete rays, not thin with petaloid to subpentagonal form; abactinal plates large thick in few irregular series along sides of rays, not small thin in numerous regular series along rays; abactinal plates at most slightly notched and crescentiform, not deeply notched; inferomarginal spinelets discrete, not acicular in dense integument-covered tufts; actinal interradial spines per plate up to 2, not small webbed fans; actinal interradial plates in oblique series, not longitudinal series.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="904536CBFF99FF95FF26E517FB744C8A" blockId="35.[131,772,1163,1918]" lastBlockId="35.[809,1449,1089,1229]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<bibRefCitation id="F46B4B3AFF99FF95FF26E517FEA34E30" author="Livingstone, A. A." box="[163,362,1632,1654]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 20" refId="ref36464" refString="Livingstone, A. A. 1933. Some genera and species of the Asterinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 19 (1): 1 - 20, pls 1 - 5." type="journal article" year="1933">Livingstone (1933)</bibRefCitation>
established
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE74E517FDB44E30" box="[497,637,1632,1654]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">D. praesignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for a single specimen (R =
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) from Port Curtis (NE
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). H.L.
<bibRefCitation id="F46B4B3AFF99FF95FF06E5ECFEC14EF7" author="Clark, H. L." box="[131,264,1691,1713]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 596" refId="ref35285" refString="Clark, H. L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 55: 1 - 596, 28 pls, 63 figs." type="book chapter" year="1938">Clark (1938)</bibRefCitation>
established
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FE0EE5ECFDD04EF7" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[395,537,1691,1713]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="spinulifera">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE0EE5ECFDD04EF7" box="[395,537,1691,1713]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">D. spinulifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for a single specimen (R =
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) from Broome (NW
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), and did not distinguish it from
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE93E5A1FE6B4EAA" box="[278,418,1750,1772]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">D. praesignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Specimens of both species were compared and found to be identical;
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FD86E584FD584F4F" box="[515,657,1779,1801]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">D. spinulifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FE81E467FE454F60" authorityName="Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[260,396,1808,1830]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="praesignis">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE81E467FE454F60" box="[260,396,1808,1830]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">D. praesignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FE1FE467FDED4F60" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[410,548,1808,1830]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE1FE467FDED4F60" box="[410,548,1808,1830]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Asterina alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has all the diagnostic characters of
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FEAAE459FE544F02" box="[303,413,1838,1860]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Tegulaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="F46B4B3AFF99FF95FE3CE45AFD5A4F05" author="Livingstone, A. A." box="[441,659,1837,1859]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 20" refId="ref36464" refString="Livingstone, A. A. 1933. Some genera and species of the Asterinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 19 (1): 1 - 20, pls 1 - 5." type="journal article" year="1933">Livingstone (1933)</bibRefCitation>
assigned
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<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FF06E43CFE964F27" box="[131,351,1867,1889]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Disasterina ceylanica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to his new genus
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FD96E43CFDB54F27" authorityName=", Livingstone" authorityYear="1933" box="[531,636,1867,1889]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Tegulaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FD96E43CFDB54F27" box="[531,636,1867,1889]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Tegulaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but it has the characters of
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE97E41FFE464F38" box="[274,399,1896,1918]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FE97E41FFE424F38" authorityName=", Perrier" authorityYear="1875" box="[274,395,1896,1918]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Disasterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">Disasterina</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FE12E41FFD1B4F38" box="[407,722,1896,1918]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="variety" species="leptalacantha" variety="africana">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FE12E41FFD8D4F38" box="[407,580,1896,1918]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">D. leptalacantha</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FDF9E41FFD1B4F38" box="[636,722,1896,1918]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was established by
<bibRefCitation id="F46B4B3AFF99FF95FC4AE736FB444C11" author="Mortensen, Th." box="[975,1165,1089,1111]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" pagination="215 - 400" refId="ref36584" refString="Mortensen, Th. 1933. Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kobenhavn 93: 215 - 400, pls 8 - 19." type="journal article" year="1933">Mortensen (1933)</bibRefCitation>
on the basis of its geographical separation (
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) from the
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FB79E728FA614C33" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[1276,1448,1119,1141]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FB79E728FA614C33" box="[1276,1448,1119,1141]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">D. leptalacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="4F418869FF99FF95FCACE70BFC9C4CD4" box="[809,853,1148,1170]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">type</typeStatus>
locality (NE
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). Material from
<collectingCountry id="E8ED765BFF99FF95FB63E70BFA804CD4" box="[1254,1353,1148,1170]" name="Mauritius" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Mauritius</collectingCountry>
has been determined as
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FC48E7EEFBB04CE9" authorityName="H. L. Clark" authorityYear="1916" box="[973,1145,1177,1199]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="leptalacantha">
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FC48E7EEFBB04CE9" box="[973,1145,1177,1199]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">T. leptalacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and no evidence found to justify the retention of
<taxonomicName id="57FA4D48FF99FF95FB91E7C1FB7E4C8B" box="[1044,1207,1206,1229]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asterinidae" genus="Asterina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="variety" species="leptalacantha" variety="africana">
variety
<emphasis id="A28EEAD9FF99FF95FBE4E7C0FB7E4C8B" box="[1121,1207,1207,1229]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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