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Material Examined.
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1411388 Anton Bruun station 9463, 11˚ 24 N, 51˚ 35 E,
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(
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).
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1422067, same locality data as
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.
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<emphasis id="B905EA86FFCFFFBB78C6FC1E647DFB80" bold="true" box="[199,334,1013,1038]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name refers to the collection locality.
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with aboral surface of disc depressed centrally, radial shields converging at center. Radial shields partly covered with more or less continuous transverse thin white lines made up of closely packed granules (68/mm), which loop over the shields and partly extend into the inter-shield and interradial areas.
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Description of the
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.
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The disc five-lobed,
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in disc diameter, with arms at least
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long (
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). The disc markedly depressed centrally (
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); narrow, raised, radial shields converging there (
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). The entire aboral surface, including the area between each of the radial shields, covered with evenly spaced low granules (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7A92FB1A6611FA84" box="[659,802,1265,1290]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1946,1968]" captionTargetBox="[447,1145,1142,1914]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[447,1145,1142,1967]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 18. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388). A, aboral central disc; B, aboral peripheral disc; C, oral disc; D, lateral disc; D, aboral basal portion of the arm; E, oral basal portion of the arm; F, oral middle portion of the arm. Abbreviation. AS, arm spine. Scale bars, 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194470/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 18AB</figureCitation>
). The radial shields partly covered with more or less continuous transverse white lines made up of microscopic, closely packed granules (68/mm), which loop over the radial shields, with some partly extending into the inter-shield and inter-radial areas of the disc. The arm segments are conspicuously ringed laterally and aborally by narrow bands of microscopic granules, mostly in two rows, which stand out from the surface (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7A1FFA6A679AFA14" box="[542,681,1409,1434]" captionStart="FIGURE 19" captionStartId="21.[151,250,1668,1690]" captionTargetBox="[340,1247,683,1646]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[340,1247,683,1663]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 19. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388). A, oral distal portion of the arm; B, aboral basal portion of the arm; C, aboral middle portion of the arm; D, aboral distal portion of the arm. Abbreviation. AS, arm spine. Scale bars, 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194472/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 19BD</figureCitation>
). There are two, then three, small arm spines with hyaline tips per segment (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7902FA4E64BAFA30" box="[259,393,1445,1470]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1946,1968]" captionTargetBox="[447,1145,1142,1914]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[447,1145,1142,1967]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 18. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388). A, aboral central disc; B, aboral peripheral disc; C, oral disc; D, lateral disc; D, aboral basal portion of the arm; E, oral basal portion of the arm; F, oral middle portion of the arm. Abbreviation. AS, arm spine. Scale bars, 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194470/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 18DF</figureCitation>
). The distalmost arm segments have girdle bands, with strongly curved hyaline hooklets (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7D6EFA4E65F8FA6C" captionStart="FIGURE 19" captionStartId="21.[151,250,1668,1690]" captionTargetBox="[340,1247,683,1646]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[340,1247,683,1663]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 19. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388). A, oral distal portion of the arm; B, aboral basal portion of the arm; C, aboral middle portion of the arm; D, aboral distal portion of the arm. Abbreviation. AS, arm spine. Scale bars, 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194472/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 19D</figureCitation>
). The oral surface of the arms and disc are covered with evenly spaced granules, and there is one madreporite in each of the five interradial disc areas, jaws entirely covered by spiniform teeth and oral papillae (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7CF2FA06606AF988" box="[1267,1369,1517,1542]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1946,1968]" captionTargetBox="[447,1145,1142,1914]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[447,1145,1142,1967]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 18. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388). A, aboral central disc; B, aboral peripheral disc; C, oral disc; D, lateral disc; D, aboral basal portion of the arm; E, oral basal portion of the arm; F, oral middle portion of the arm. Abbreviation. AS, arm spine. Scale bars, 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194470/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 18C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE3694FFCFFFBB78C6F9FA674FF838" blockId="19.[151,1437,905,1974]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="B905EA86FFCFFFBB78C6F9FA649DF9A7" box="[199,430,1553,1577]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Ossicle morphology.</emphasis>
All vertebrae with hourglass-shaped streptospondylous articulations (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7CC0F9FA60A2F9A4" box="[1217,1425,1553,1578]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1834,1856]" captionTargetBox="[405,1181,717,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[405,1181,716,1812]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 20. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. AD, vertebrae at the basal portion of the arms, oral view (A), aboral view (B), basal view (C), distal view (D); EH, vertebrae at the distal portion of the arm, aboral view (E), oral view (F), distal view (G), oral view (H); IJ, lateral arm plates on basal portion of the arm, internal view (I) and external view (J). Orientations: ab, aboral side; ba, basal side; dis, distal side; ex, external side; in, internal side; o, oral side. Abbreviations: DT, depression for tentacle; NO, nerve opening; RNC, radial nerve canal." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194474/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 20CD, GH</figureCitation>
). Surfaces of lateral and aboral furrows smooth, without ornamentations (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7BD1F9DE61A8F9C0" box="[976,1179,1589,1614]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1834,1856]" captionTargetBox="[405,1181,717,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[405,1181,716,1812]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 20. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. AD, vertebrae at the basal portion of the arms, oral view (A), aboral view (B), basal view (C), distal view (D); EH, vertebrae at the distal portion of the arm, aboral view (E), oral view (F), distal view (G), oral view (H); IJ, lateral arm plates on basal portion of the arm, internal view (I) and external view (J). Orientations: ab, aboral side; ba, basal side; dis, distal side; ex, external side; in, internal side; o, oral side. Abbreviations: DT, depression for tentacle; NO, nerve opening; RNC, radial nerve canal." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194474/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 20AB, EF</figureCitation>
). Depressions for tube feet openings in the distal part of oral-lateral side of vertebrae (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7B54F9B266E9F9FC" box="[853,986,1625,1650]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1834,1856]" captionTargetBox="[405,1181,717,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[405,1181,716,1812]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 20. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. AD, vertebrae at the basal portion of the arms, oral view (A), aboral view (B), basal view (C), distal view (D); EH, vertebrae at the distal portion of the arm, aboral view (E), oral view (F), distal view (G), oral view (H); IJ, lateral arm plates on basal portion of the arm, internal view (I) and external view (J). Orientations: ab, aboral side; ba, basal side; dis, distal side; ex, external side; in, internal side; o, oral side. Abbreviations: DT, depression for tentacle; NO, nerve opening; RNC, radial nerve canal." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194474/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 20A, F</figureCitation>
). A pair of radial water and nerve canals opening on the oral groove of vertebrae on basal portion of the arm (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7B9CF9966130F918" box="[925,1027,1661,1686]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1834,1856]" captionTargetBox="[405,1181,717,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[405,1181,716,1812]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 20. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. AD, vertebrae at the basal portion of the arms, oral view (A), aboral view (B), basal view (C), distal view (D); EH, vertebrae at the distal portion of the arm, aboral view (E), oral view (F), distal view (G), oral view (H); IJ, lateral arm plates on basal portion of the arm, internal view (I) and external view (J). Orientations: ab, aboral side; ba, basal side; dis, distal side; ex, external side; in, internal side; o, oral side. Abbreviations: DT, depression for tentacle; NO, nerve opening; RNC, radial nerve canal." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194474/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 20A</figureCitation>
) but radial nerve canals invisible on distal portion of the arm (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB79BDF94A6711F934" box="[444,546,1697,1722]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1834,1856]" captionTargetBox="[405,1181,717,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[405,1181,716,1812]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 20. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. AD, vertebrae at the basal portion of the arms, oral view (A), aboral view (B), basal view (C), distal view (D); EH, vertebrae at the distal portion of the arm, aboral view (E), oral view (F), distal view (G), oral view (H); IJ, lateral arm plates on basal portion of the arm, internal view (I) and external view (J). Orientations: ab, aboral side; ba, basal side; dis, distal side; ex, external side; in, internal side; o, oral side. Abbreviations: DT, depression for tentacle; NO, nerve opening; RNC, radial nerve canal." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194474/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 20F</figureCitation>
). Lateral arm plates long, bar-like, with straight basal edge and concave distal edge (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB78DDF92E6460F950" box="[220,339,1733,1758]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1834,1856]" captionTargetBox="[405,1181,717,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[405,1181,716,1812]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 20. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. AD, vertebrae at the basal portion of the arms, oral view (A), aboral view (B), basal view (C), distal view (D); EH, vertebrae at the distal portion of the arm, aboral view (E), oral view (F), distal view (G), oral view (H); IJ, lateral arm plates on basal portion of the arm, internal view (I) and external view (J). Orientations: ab, aboral side; ba, basal side; dis, distal side; ex, external side; in, internal side; o, oral side. Abbreviations: DT, depression for tentacle; NO, nerve opening; RNC, radial nerve canal." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194474/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
Fig.
<date id="FFCF1054FFCFFFBB7911F92D6404F950" box="[272,311,1734,1758]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="1920-01">20I</date>
J
</figureCitation>
). On basal portion of arm, perforation invisible on aboral side and pairs of simple nerve openings on oral-external side (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB79A9F902672AF88C" box="[424,537,1769,1794]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1834,1856]" captionTargetBox="[405,1181,717,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[405,1181,716,1812]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 20. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. AD, vertebrae at the basal portion of the arms, oral view (A), aboral view (B), basal view (C), distal view (D); EH, vertebrae at the distal portion of the arm, aboral view (E), oral view (F), distal view (G), oral view (H); IJ, lateral arm plates on basal portion of the arm, internal view (I) and external view (J). Orientations: ab, aboral side; ba, basal side; dis, distal side; ex, external side; in, internal side; o, oral side. Abbreviations: DT, depression for tentacle; NO, nerve opening; RNC, radial nerve canal." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194474/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Figs. 20J</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7A2FF9016751F88C" box="[558,610,1770,1794]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="23.[151,250,948,970]" captionTargetBox="[264,1335,183,927]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[264,1335,183,956]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 21. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. A, articulations for arm spines of lateral arm plate on basal portion of the arm; BC, hooklets-bearing plate on distal portion of the arm, external view (B) and internal view (C), arrowheads indicate articulations for hooklets; DF, arm spines on basal (D, E) and distal (F) portion of the arm, arcs indicate terminal projections; GH, hooklets on basal (G) and distal (H) portion of the arm. Abbreviations: NO, nerve opening; ST, secondary tooth." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194476/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">21A</figureCitation>
). Hooklet-bearing plates possessing tubercle-shaped articulations for hooklets, approximately 7 on distal portion of the arm (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7B01F8E66655F8A8" box="[768,870,1805,1830]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="23.[151,250,948,970]" captionTargetBox="[264,1335,183,927]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[264,1335,183,956]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 21. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. A, articulations for arm spines of lateral arm plate on basal portion of the arm; BC, hooklets-bearing plate on distal portion of the arm, external view (B) and internal view (C), arrowheads indicate articulations for hooklets; DF, arm spines on basal (D, E) and distal (F) portion of the arm, arcs indicate terminal projections; GH, hooklets on basal (G) and distal (H) portion of the arm. Abbreviations: NO, nerve opening; ST, secondary tooth." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194476/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 21B</figureCitation>
). The articulations forming two parallel rows (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7D6EF8E665FAF8C4" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="23.[151,250,948,970]" captionTargetBox="[264,1335,183,927]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[264,1335,183,956]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 21. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. A, articulations for arm spines of lateral arm plate on basal portion of the arm; BC, hooklets-bearing plate on distal portion of the arm, external view (B) and internal view (C), arrowheads indicate articulations for hooklets; DF, arm spines on basal (D, E) and distal (F) portion of the arm, arcs indicate terminal projections; GH, hooklets on basal (G) and distal (H) portion of the arm. Abbreviations: NO, nerve opening; ST, secondary tooth." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194476/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 21B</figureCitation>
). Each hooklet without inner teeth (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB7A56F8DA67D1F8C4" box="[599,738,1841,1866]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="23.[151,250,948,970]" captionTargetBox="[264,1335,183,927]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[264,1335,183,956]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 21. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. A, articulations for arm spines of lateral arm plate on basal portion of the arm; BC, hooklets-bearing plate on distal portion of the arm, external view (B) and internal view (C), arrowheads indicate articulations for hooklets; DF, arm spines on basal (D, E) and distal (F) portion of the arm, arcs indicate terminal projections; GH, hooklets on basal (G) and distal (H) portion of the arm. Abbreviations: NO, nerve opening; ST, secondary tooth." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194476/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 21GH</figureCitation>
). Arm spines in the basal portion of the arm ovoid, with one or two secondary points (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB799DF8BE6714F8E0" box="[412,551,1877,1902]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="23.[151,250,948,970]" captionTargetBox="[264,1335,183,927]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[264,1335,183,956]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 21. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. A, articulations for arm spines of lateral arm plate on basal portion of the arm; BC, hooklets-bearing plate on distal portion of the arm, external view (B) and internal view (C), arrowheads indicate articulations for hooklets; DF, arm spines on basal (D, E) and distal (F) portion of the arm, arcs indicate terminal projections; GH, hooklets on basal (G) and distal (H) portion of the arm. Abbreviations: NO, nerve opening; ST, secondary tooth." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194476/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 21DE</figureCitation>
). In the distal portion, the arm spines transformed into hooks with one inner teeth (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB78DCF8926472F81C" box="[221,321,1913,1938]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="23.[151,250,948,970]" captionTargetBox="[264,1335,183,927]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[264,1335,183,956]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 21. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. A, articulations for arm spines of lateral arm plate on basal portion of the arm; BC, hooklets-bearing plate on distal portion of the arm, external view (B) and internal view (C), arrowheads indicate articulations for hooklets; DF, arm spines on basal (D, E) and distal (F) portion of the arm, arcs indicate terminal projections; GH, hooklets on basal (G) and distal (H) portion of the arm. Abbreviations: NO, nerve opening; ST, secondary tooth." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194476/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 21F</figureCitation>
). The hook-shaped arm spines distinguished from hooklets on aboral and lateral surface of the arm by lacking reticular structure (
<figureCitation id="134A2A11FFCFFFBB79E8F8766743F838" box="[489,624,1949,1974]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="23.[151,250,948,970]" captionTargetBox="[264,1335,183,927]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[264,1335,183,956]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 21. Astrocyclus somaliensis, holotype (USNM 1411388), SEM photographs of ossicles. A, articulations for arm spines of lateral arm plate on basal portion of the arm; BC, hooklets-bearing plate on distal portion of the arm, external view (B) and internal view (C), arrowheads indicate articulations for hooklets; DF, arm spines on basal (D, E) and distal (F) portion of the arm, arcs indicate terminal projections; GH, hooklets on basal (G) and distal (H) portion of the arm. Abbreviations: NO, nerve opening; ST, secondary tooth." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1194476/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 21FH</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCE3694FFC8FFBC7896FC10643CFBC0" blockId="20.[151,1436,1019,1102]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC8FFBC7896FC10642CFB9E" bold="true" box="[151,287,1019,1041]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC8FFBC7924FC10672EFB9F" box="[293,541,1019,1041]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
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,
</emphasis>
holotype (USNM 1411388) (AC) and
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<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC8FFBC7BB1FC10614FFB9F" box="[944,1148,1019,1041]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Astrocyclus caecilia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(after Gondim
<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC8FFBC7D19FC176077FB9F" box="[1304,1348,1019,1041]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">et al</emphasis>
. (2014)) (D). A, aboral view; B, oral view; C, radial shields showing line and granule cover; D, radial shields showing intarradial groups of granules.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCE3694FFC8FFBC7896F8716748F860" blockId="20.[151,1436,1946,2030]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC8FFBC7896F8716412F821" bold="true" box="[151,289,1946,1968]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">FIGURE 18.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC8FFBC792BF8716717F83E" box="[298,548,1946,1968]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicName id="4C714D17FFC8FFBC792BF8716712F83E" authorityName="Baker &amp; Okanishi &amp; Pawson" authorityYear="2018" box="[298,545,1946,1968]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Gorgonocephalidae" genus="Astrocyclus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Euryalida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="somaliensis">Astrocyclus somaliensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
holotype (USNM 1411388). A, aboral central disc; B, aboral peripheral disc; C, oral disc; D, lateral disc; D, aboral basal portion of the arm; E, oral basal portion of the arm; F, oral middle portion of the arm. Abbreviation. AS, arm spine. Scale bars, 1 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCE3694FFC9FFBD78C6FF7C6641FECE" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,645]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC9FFBD78C6FF7C640CFF3E" bold="true" box="[199,319,151,176]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Variation.</emphasis>
In the smallest specimen (USNM 1422067, dd.
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), the entire area between the shields is covered with transverse lines. This feature differs from that in the Brazilian samples described and illustrated by
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Gondim
<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC9FFBD78FDFF0A641CFF76" box="[252,303,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">et al</emphasis>
(2014)
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, where between each radial shield there are 67 discrete groups of granules running in line with the shields (
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). In the two larger specimens (USNM 1411388, dd.
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; USNM 142 2067, dd.
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), a few of these lines of granules extend between the shields.
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<subSubSection id="C36B651FFFC9FFBD78C6FEA7675BFD0B" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BCE3694FFC9FFBD78C6FEA76133FE5E" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,645]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC9FFBD78C6FEA76408FEEB" bold="true" box="[199,315,332,357]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Remarks.</emphasis>
As all four examined specimens from the Indian Ocean have similar disc and radial shield coverings which differ markedly from the western Atlantic specimens, we consider that they represent a separate taxon, which we here establish as a new species. The arms bifurcate at least 15 times, the first branch within the diameter of the disc, and the second at the distal end of the radial shields (
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).
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<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC9FFBD78C6FE37649EFE7A" box="[199,429,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Astrocyclus caecilia</emphasis>
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has been recorded from the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of
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(
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locality), and from northeastern
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by
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Gondim
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. (2014)
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, who have illustrated the species extensively. The vast geographical separation of the
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species and the Somalian form, plus the obvious morphological difference in the covering of the radial shields and their interradial aboral areas, indicate that a new species,
<taxonomicName id="4C714D17FFC9FFBD7C2BFDA36004FDEE" authority="Baker &amp; Okanishi &amp; Pawson, 2018" authorityName="Baker &amp; Okanishi &amp; Pawson" authorityYear="2018" box="[1066,1335,584,608]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Gorgonocephalidae" genus="Astrocyclus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Euryalida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="somaliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC9FFBD7C2BFDA36004FDEE" box="[1066,1335,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Astrocyclus somaliensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B905EA86FFC9FFBD7D41FDAC60A6FDEE" bold="true" box="[1344,1429,583,608]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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should be erected for this Somalian form.
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