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Synonymy of
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and further questions
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Based on Liao’s (1982) character diagnosis I am unable to recognize any distinction between
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD6CD8BF3E865779B" box="[1258,1388,1699,1723]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Sinoferdina</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF87FFABD2B08B96EC1D77FE" box="[151,276,1734,1758]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD2B08B96EC1D77FE" box="[151,276,1734,1758]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Neoferdina</emphasis>
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.
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used
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD3D18B96EFDE77FE" box="[502,727,1734,1758]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Neoferdina cumingi</emphasis>
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as a basis for comparison and failed to capture the range of variation observed in other species, such as
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<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF87FFABD0588BBBEE5E7623" box="[639,855,1771,1795]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="insolita">
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD0588BBBEE5E7623" box="[639,855,1771,1795]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Neoferdina insolita</emphasis>
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. Characters from the diagnosis such as the marginal plates in regular series, the small abactinal plates and “minute granulations obscuring the outlines of all plates” are consistent with those in
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<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF87FFABD38B8A63EF20766B" box="[428,553,1843,1867]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD38B8A63EF20766B" box="[428,553,1843,1867]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Neoferdina</emphasis>
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. The unusual thick, triangular-shaped arms noted in
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<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF87FFABD6A28A63E878766A" box="[1157,1393,1843,1867]" class="Asteroidea" family="Ophidiasteridae" genus="Sinoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="gigantea">
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD6A28A63E878766A" box="[1157,1393,1843,1867]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Sinoferdina gigantea</emphasis>
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are also seen in larger individuals of
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD02D8A06EF84764E" box="[522,653,1878,1902]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
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<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF87FFABD02D8A06EF83764E" box="[522,650,1878,1902]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">Neoferdina</taxonomicName>
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,
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including an image figured in
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<bibRefCitation id="EFAB2AEAFF87FFABD1F88A06E975764F" author="Okutani" box="[991,1148,1878,1903]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" refString="Okutani, T. (1994) Life on the Coral Reefs (Sangosho no Ikimono). Yama - Kei Publishers, Tokyo, Japan, 320 pp. [in Japanese]" type="book" year="1994">Okutani 1994</bibRefCitation>
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, a Philippine specimen of
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD2B08A2BEC1076B2" box="[151,281,1915,1938]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">N. japonica</emphasis>
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(CASIZ 2087279) and large individuals of
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD1238A2BEE6076B2" box="[772,873,1915,1938]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">N. momo</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD1578A2AEEA676B3" bold="true" box="[880,943,1914,1939]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27D3672FF87FFABD1578A2AEEA676B3" box="[880,943,1914,1939]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<materialsCitation id="3B525D46FF87FFAAD2E08ACEEEFB708C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1503739295" country="Japan" county="Size" lastPageId="49" lastPageNumber="50" location="Based" municipality="East China Sea" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" specimenCount="2" stateProvince="Saba" typeStatus="holotype">
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on shared characters observed in
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<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF87FFABD0928ACEE9DD7697" authority="Oguro and Misaki 1986" authorityName="Oguro and Misaki" authorityYear="1986" box="[693,1236,1950,1975]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="japonica">
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD0928ACEEEAA7696" box="[693,931,1950,1974]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Neoferdina japonica</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFAB2AEAFF87FFABD1958ACFE9DD7697" author="Oguro" box="[946,1236,1950,1975]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" refString="Oguro, C., Misaki, H. (1986) A new sea - star, Neoferdina japonica, from Japan. Proceedings of the Japan Society of Systematic Zoology, 34, 60 - 64." type="journal article" year="1986">Oguro and Misaki 1986</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD73D8ACEE8957696" box="[1306,1436,1950,1974]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Sinoferdina</emphasis>
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(=
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD2978A93EC2476FB" box="[176,301,1987,2011]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Neoferdina</emphasis>
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)
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<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF87FFABD3658A93ECAD76FA" box="[322,420,1987,2010]" class="Asteroidea" family="Ophidiasteridae" genus="Sinoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="gigantea">
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF87FFABD3658A93ECAD76FA" box="[322,420,1987,2010]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">gigantea</emphasis>
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it seems very likely that the two species are synonyms.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFAB2AEAFF87FFABD6778A92E89576FB" author="Saba" box="[1104,1436,1986,2011]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" refString="Saba, M. & Fujita, T. (2006) Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the Sagami Sea, Central Japan. 1. Paxillosida and Valvatida. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, 41, 251 - 287." type="journal article" year="2006">
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<collectingRegion id="49FE99F9FF87FFABD6778A92E98F76FB" box="[1104,1158,1986,2011]" country="Malaysia" name="Sabah" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Saba</collectingRegion>
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and
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(2006: 278)
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described a specimen of
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD38E8DC9EF1A7190" box="[425,531,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
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<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF86FFAAD38E8DC9EF067190" box="[425,527,152,176]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="offreti">N. offreti</taxonomicName>
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,
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which I argue to be
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD0D28DC8EED3718F" box="[757,986,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Neoferdina japonica</emphasis>
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(see below) which very closely matches the description of
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD3448DECECE871F4" box="[355,481,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">S. gigantea</emphasis>
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, including the absence of a bare region on the first interradial superomarginal plates.
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(1994: 251)
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included a photo of this species which seems consistent with the descriptions of both
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(1982)
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and
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<location id="8EE501C0FF86FFAAD33F8C54EC56703C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0393E60DFF87FFAAD2B08B2EECF2737F:8EE501C0FF86FFAAD33F8C54EC56703C" box="[280,351,260,284]" country="Japan" county="Size" municipality="East China Sea" name="Oguro" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" stateProvince="Saba">Oguro</location>
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and
|
||
<location id="8EE501C0FF86FFAAD3B28C54ECEA703D" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0393E60DFF87FFAAD2B08B2EECF2737F:8EE501C0FF86FFAAD3B28C54ECEA703D" box="[405,483,260,285]" country="Japan" county="Size" municipality="East China Sea" name="Misaki" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" stateProvince="Saba">Misaki</location>
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(1986)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<location id="8EE501C0FF86FFAAD0648C54EFCD703C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0393E60DFF87FFAAD2B08B2EECF2737F:8EE501C0FF86FFAAD0648C54EFCD703C" box="[579,708,260,284]" country="Japan" county="Size" municipality="East China Sea" name="Occurrence" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" stateProvince="Saba">Occurrence</location>
|
||
for both species is consistent, with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF86FFAAD6748C55E9DC703C" box="[1107,1237,261,284]" class="Asteroidea" family="Ophidiasteridae" genus="Sinoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="gigantea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD6748C55E9DC703C" box="[1107,1237,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">N. gigantea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="6BE1CD61FF86FFAAD7058C55EDC97060" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">East China Sea</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF86FFAAD3268C79EC80701F" box="[257,393,296,320]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="japonica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD3268C79EC80701F" box="[257,393,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">N. japonica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
on the south-east coast of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F32D178BFF86FFAAD0F38C78EE1D701F" box="[724,788,296,319]" name="Japan" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Japan</collectingCountry>
|
||
(Kushimoto).
|
||
<collectingCounty id="62E42F97FF86FFAAD1E48C77EEFA7060" box="[963,1011,295,320]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Size</collectingCounty>
|
||
would also be consistent given the unusually large size of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF86FFAAD3848C1DEF217044" box="[419,552,333,356]" class="Asteroidea" family="Ophidiasteridae" genus="Sinoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="gigantea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD3848C1DEF217044" box="[419,552,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">N. gigantea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
’s
|
||
<typeStatus id="5481E9B9FF86FFAAD0638C1CEFAF7045" box="[580,678,332,357]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
(R=6.0 cm) versus the comparable size of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF86FFAAD6BE8C1DE8177044" box="[1177,1310,333,356]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="japonica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD6BE8C1DE8177044" box="[1177,1310,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">N. japonica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
’s
|
||
<typeStatus id="5481E9B9FF86FFAAD71D8C1CE8957045" box="[1338,1436,332,357]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
(R=4.0–
|
||
<quantity id="4CC2FAFEFF86FFAAD2D48C20EC4F70A8" box="[243,326,368,392]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.2" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" unit="cm" value="4.2">4.2 cm</quantity>
|
||
). Should
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF86FFAAD3958C20EF9070A7" box="[434,665,368,392]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="gigantea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD3958C20EF9070A7" box="[434,665,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Neoferdina gigantea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF86FFAAD0F48C20EEB370A7" box="[723,954,368,392]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="japonica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD0F48C20EEB370A7" box="[723,954,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Neoferdina japonica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
be determined to be the same species, the latter
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF86FFAAD2F08CC5EC53708C" box="[215,346,405,428]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="japonica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD2F08CC5EC53708C" box="[215,346,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">N. japonica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
would become a junior synonym to the senior
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF86FFAAD14F8CC5EEE2708C" box="[872,1003,405,428]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="gigantea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD14F8CC5EEE2708C" box="[872,1003,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">N. gigantea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8B85571BFF86FFAAD2E08CE7EEB47338" blockId="49.[151,1437,151,608]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
|
||
Specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3A2C98FF86FFAAD3408CE8ECEF70EF" box="[359,486,440,463]" class="Asteroidea" family="Goniasteridae" genus="Neoferdina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="gigantea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD3408CE8ECEF70EF" box="[359,486,440,463]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">S. gigantea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
could not be obtained or imaged and a request to the Institute of Oceanology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences was not answered. While Liao’s (1982) description outlines relevant characters, the images are unclear and there remains uncertainty regarding this species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8B85571BFF86FFAAD2E08F74EF97731C" blockId="49.[151,1437,151,608]" box="[199,670,548,573]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B525D46FF86FFAAD2E08F74EF97731C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1503739302" box="[199,670,548,573]" country="China" elevation="147" location="China" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD2E08F74EC50731D" bold="true" box="[199,345,548,573]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Occurrence.</emphasis>
|
||
East
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F32D178BFF86FFAAD3B08F74ECD3731D" box="[407,474,548,573]" name="China" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
Sea,
|
||
<quantity id="4CC2FAFEFF86FFAAD03F8F74EF93731C" box="[536,666,548,573]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.465" metricValueMax="1.6199999999999999" metricValueMin="1.31" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" unit="m" value="146.5" valueMax="162.0" valueMin="131.0">
|
||
<elevation id="0017B028FF86FFAAD03F8F74EF93731C" box="[536,666,548,573]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.465" metricValueMax="1.6199999999999999" metricValueMin="1.31" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" unit="m" value="146.5" valueMax="162.0" valueMin="131.0">131–162 m</elevation>
|
||
</quantity>
|
||
.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3200490FF86FFAAD2E08F17ECF2737F" box="[199,507,583,608]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="8B85571BFF86FFAAD2E08F17ECF2737F" blockId="49.[151,1437,151,608]" box="[199,507,583,608]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF86FFAAD2E08F17ECB97340" bold="true" box="[199,432,583,608]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Material examined.</emphasis>
|
||
None.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |