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Persian Gulf,
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, hand collected Yaser Fatemi, 30 spms,
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dd [SMNH-178933].
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;
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; present study) (
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Persian Gulf and Gulf of
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: Kuwait, Bahrain, Chiruyeh (6), Kish Island (7), Jubail (19), Abu Ali (20), Jinna Island (21), Al Juraid Island (22), Ras Tanura (24), Tarut Bay (25), Dammam Channel (26), Stiffes Bank (28), As Saffaniyah (32), Bustaneh (34) (ibid.).
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(
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), Mascarene Basin and Red Sea (
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), Chagos Isl. (
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(
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<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB4FF9CE0842D3B2757BF3C" bold="true" box="[199,317,1119,1145]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Remarks:</emphasis>
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is a smaller species with a disc diameter less than
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) and arms about five times the disc diameter long (
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).
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remarked on the extremely variable coloration of this species, and our samples seem to confirm this observation. Live animals collected by the present study are brown, uniform or with lighter spots on the disc and irregular white patches or bands along the arms (
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). There is a median line along each arm, which may be pale cream (
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) or bright red (
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). It is often bordered by two thin dark lines (
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) but these may be absent, and then the median red line may be wider (
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). In alcohol, the animals turn blue to dark purple and the red line turns white (
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). They have longer (&gt;
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), rod-like, slightly serrated spines on the dorsal disc and shorter trifid stumps (&lt;
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) in variable density (
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). The dorsal arm plates are barely wider than long, rhombic and with a median ridge that extends slightly beyond the distal border.
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This is the only species of
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that has so far been reported from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of
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. It is extremely similar to
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(
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, of which
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figured several specimens (under the younger synonym
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) with variable color pattern that showed longitudinal lines on the arms as in
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<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB4FF9CE1192F572452BD08" box="[346,568,1587,1613]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Ophiothrix savignyi</emphasis>
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.
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remarked for
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<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB4FF9CE3302F5725EDBD08" box="[883,903,1587,1613]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">O</emphasis>
.
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that the median line is always white on the distal arm in animals with red or dark lines. In our specimens, the lines do not change color along the length of the arms. Both species also share a variable disc covering with predominantly trifid stumps, sometimes mixed with long spines (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EF885AE8FFB4FF9CE18F2FFB24ECBDFF" author="Mortensen, T." box="[460,646,1695,1722]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86" pagination="117 - 131" refId="ref16585" refString="Mortensen, T. (1926) Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal in 1924. 6 - Report on the Echinoderms. Transactions of the Zoological Society London, 22, 117 - 131. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1926. tb 00326. x" type="journal article" year="1926">Mortensen 1926</bibRefCitation>
). A distinguishing character may be the shape of the ventral arm plates, which have a strongly concave distal edge in
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<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB4FF9CE2E92FA725E1BD98" box="[682,907,1731,1757]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Ophiothrix savignyi</emphasis>
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but are straight in
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<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB4FF9CE42F2FA722EABD98" box="[1132,1152,1731,1757]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">O</emphasis>
.
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(
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)
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. This is visible in
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.
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on pl. 53, figs 3, 6 and pl. 54, fig.
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and in
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on pl. VI fig.
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, but was not considered an important character by those authors, probably because none of them compared
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.
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to
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<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB4FF9CE3432E4B25B4BC0C" box="[768,990,1839,1865]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Ophiothrix savignyi</emphasis>
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. Indeed, we have not been able to find a taxonomic study that compared these two species, despite their striking similarity. In addition,
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usually has minute thorns on the dorsal arm plates (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EF885AE8FFB4FF9CE3FC2E1322C3BCD4" author="Guille, A. &amp; Wolff, W. J." box="[959,1193,1911,1937]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref15218" refString="Guille, A. &amp; Wolff, W. J. (1984) Resultats biologiques de l'Expedition Snellius Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea I. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 213, 1 - 39." type="journal article" year="1984">Guille &amp; Wolff 1984</bibRefCitation>
), which may however be absent (
<bibRefCitation id="EF885AE8FFB4FF9CE1522EFF27FABCF0" author="Price, A. R. G." box="[273,400,1947,1973]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86" pagination="28 - 108" refId="ref17950" refString="Price, A. R. G. (1983) Echinoderms of Saudi Arabia: Echinoderms of the Arabian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia. In: Wittmer, W. &amp; Buttiker, W. (Eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia. Karger Libri, Basel, pp. 28 - 108." type="book chapter" year="1983">Price 1983</bibRefCitation>
). Our specimens lack these thorns but have concave ventral arm plates (
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).
<bibRefCitation id="EF885AE8FFB4FF9CE5712EFF2721BC9C" author="Muller, J. H. &amp; Troschel, F. H." pageId="9" pageNumber="86" refId="ref16754" refString="Muller, J. H. &amp; Troschel, F. H. (1842) System der Asteriden. Vieweg &amp; Sohn, Braunschweig, 134 pp." type="book" year="1842">Müller &amp; Troschel (1842)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB4FF9CE1842EDB24CDBC9C" box="[455,679,1983,2009]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Ophiothrix savignyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(in genus
<taxonomicName id="4C195C9AFFB4FF9CE3622EDB25E4BC9C" authorityName="Muller &amp; Troschel" authorityYear="1840" box="[801,910,1983,2009]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiotrichidae" genus="Ophionyx" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphilepidida" pageId="9" pageNumber="86" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB4FF9CE3622EDB25E4BC9C" box="[801,910,1983,2009]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Ophionyx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) as having keeled, almost rhombic dorsal arm plates and concave ventral arm plates
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB4FF9FE27A2E87221DBBF6" italics="true" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="87" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Rückenschilder der Arme gekielt, von fast rhombischer Gestalt. Bauchschilder der Arme breiter als lang, am aboralen Rande ausgeschweift, am adoralen abgerundet.</emphasis>
(p. 117). This description concurs with our specimens. The
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locality of
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<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE2F429D925FFBB92" box="[695,917,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">Ophiothrix savignyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was given as
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF885AE8FFB7FF9FE43D29D923FABB92" author="Muller, J. H. &amp; Troschel, F. H." box="[1150,1424,189,215]" pageId="10" pageNumber="87" refId="ref16754" refString="Muller, J. H. &amp; Troschel, F. H. (1842) System der Asteriden. Vieweg &amp; Sohn, Braunschweig, 134 pp." type="book" year="1842">Müller &amp; Troschel 1842</bibRefCitation>
), presumably
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, not
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, whereas
<bibRefCitation id="EF885AE8FFB7FF9FE341298525D2BBB9" author="Lamarck, J. B." box="[770,952,225,252]" pageId="10" pageNumber="87" refId="ref15930" refString="Lamarck, J. B. (1816) 2 Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres. L'Imprimerie d'Abel Lanoe, Paris, 568 pp." type="book" year="1816">Lamarck (1816)</bibRefCitation>
referred
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<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE4622985225FBBBE" box="[1057,1077,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">O</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE406298522FEBBBE" box="[1093,1172,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">ciliaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
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. Considering the wide geographical distance between both species and the fact that the Indian Ocean specimens have been assigned to
<taxonomicName id="4C195C9AFFB7FF9FE158284D2790BA06" baseAuthorityName="Muller &amp; Troschel" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[283,506,297,323]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiotrichidae" genus="Ophiothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="10" pageNumber="87" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="savignyi">
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE158284D2790BA06" box="[283,506,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">Ophiothrix savignyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by all previous authors, we place our specimens in that species. It is obvious that a taxonomic revision is needed and morphological characters alone may not provide a satisfying answer.
</paragraph>
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Attaran-Fariman
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE1C9281627A9BACE" box="[394,451,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">et al.</emphasis>
(2016)
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reported
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<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE2C7281524F2BACE" box="[644,664,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">O</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE2E42816256EBACE" box="[679,772,370,395]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">savignyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Gulf of
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at Tis port, but the figured animal lacks long disc spines, has few or no disc stumps, dorsal arm plates that are about twice as wide as long and seem to be rugose. All of these characters and its size of about
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dd suggest that it is
<taxonomicName id="4C195C9AFFB7FF9FE47B28DD23F7BA96" authorityName="Lyman" authorityYear="1861" box="[1080,1437,441,467]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiotrichidae" genus="Macrophiothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="10" pageNumber="87" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="subSpecies" species="hirsuta" subSpecies="cheneyi">
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE47B28DD23F7BA96" box="[1080,1437,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">Macrophiothrix hirsuta cheneyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
instead. Records of
<taxonomicName id="4C195C9AFFB7FF9FE13E28B92434BAB2" baseAuthorityName="Muller &amp; Troschel" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[381,606,477,503]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiotrichidae" genus="Ophiothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="10" pageNumber="87" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="savignyi">
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE13E28B92434BAB2" box="[381,606,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">Ophiothrix savignyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by Sadhukhan
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE4A128BA237CBAB2" box="[1250,1302,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">et al</emphasis>
. (2012) are based on a misidentified hexamerous
<taxonomicName id="4C195C9AFFB7FF9FE2022B6524D5B95E" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1867" box="[577,703,513,539]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiotrichidae" genus="Ophiothela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="10" pageNumber="87" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE2022B6524D5B95E" box="[577,703,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">Ophiothela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, possibly
<taxonomicName id="4C195C9AFFB7FF9FE3702B6525F0B95E" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1869" box="[819,922,513,539]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiotrichidae" genus="Ophiothela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="10" pageNumber="87" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="danae">
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE3702B65252DB95E" box="[819,839,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">O</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B96DFB0BFFB7FF9FE3152B6525F0B95E" box="[854,922,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="87">danae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(likewise all other records in that publication are based on misidentifications).
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