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<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112CFFA0FF4A61ACD10BFD8A" authority="Ljungman, 1867" authorityName="Ljungman" authorityYear="1867" box="[151,792,506,532]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="13" pageNumber="414" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="magellanica" subGenus="Amphiura">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF4A61ACD10BFD8A" bold="true" box="[151,792,506,532]" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF4A61ACD300FD8A" bold="true" box="[151,275,506,532]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Amphiura</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FEF961ACD3B3FD8A" bold="true" box="[292,416,506,532]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Amphiura</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FE6D61ACD057FD8A" bold="true" box="[432,580,506,532]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">magellanica</emphasis>
Ljungman, 1867
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF4A6217D39BFDC9" box="[151,392,577,599]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Amphiura magellanica</emphasis>
Ljungman, 1867: 320
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.—Lyman, 1882: 143.—Koehler, 1908: 271, pl.11(104).—Koehler, 1914: 65.—Clark, H.L., 1915a: 228.—Mortensen, 1924: 132134, fig. 14, 15a.—Mortensen, 1936: 266267.—Mortensen, 1952: 1617.—Fell, 1952: 14.—Fell, 1953: 101.—Fell, 1960b: 68.—Madsen, 1967: 129.—
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&amp; Devaney, 1981: 175.—McKnight, 1984: 144.—McKnight, 1993b: 194, 199.—O'Hara, 1999: 200, pl. 3de.
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<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112CFFA0FF4A62EAD3A1FD4C" box="[151,434,700,722]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Monamphiura" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphilepidida" pageId="13" pageNumber="414" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="magellanica">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF4A62EAD3A1FD4C" box="[151,434,700,722]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Monamphiura magellanica</emphasis>
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.—Bernasconi, 1965: 149150, pl. 1(34).—McKnight, 1967a: 311.—Castillo-Alarcón, 1968: 3334, fig. L.
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<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112CFFA0FF4A62AFD3EFFC91" box="[151,508,761,783]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="13" pageNumber="414" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="magellanica" subGenus="Amphiura">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF4A62AFD3EFFC91" box="[151,508,761,783]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Amphiura (Amphiura) magellanica</emphasis>
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.—Rowe &amp; Gates, 1995: 349.
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.
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. TAN0906/96, NIWA 77794 (7). TAN0906/105, NIWA 77792 (2). TAN0906/ 170, NIWA 56995 (2). TAN0906/235, NIWA 77777 (1).
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East Coast North
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. TAN1108/179, NIWA 77771 (100). TAN1108/197, NIWA 77779 (4).
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. TAN0906/152, NIWA 77793 (1).
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FB4563D5D6F2FC02" bold="true" box="[1176,1249,899,924]" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Otago</emphasis>
. TAN1108/148, NIWA 77619 (2); NIWA 77778 (4).
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Stewart
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. TAN1108/77, NIWA 77780 (1).
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FB4463FED787FC5E" bold="true" box="[1177,1428,935,960]" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Three Kings Islands</emphasis>
. TAN1105/35, NIWA 77776 (6).
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF1A63B9D3CBFB96" bold="true" box="[199,472,1007,1032]" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Comparative Material</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FE3663B9D0C1FB99" bold="true" box="[491,722,1007,1032]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Amphiura argentea</emphasis>
Lyman, 1879
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: Challenger/171, Kermadec Islands,
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,
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,
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, BMNH 1882.12.23.373 (1).
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. Disc finely scaled dorsally and ventrally. 67 arm spines, reducing to five by mid-arm. Ventralmost arm spine elongated and downward projecting on mid arm segments. Single, large, leaf-like tentacle scale.
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF1A6429D34AFB06" bold="true" box="[199,345,1151,1176]" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Description.</emphasis>
See Mortensen (1924).
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.
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(
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Ridge (
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), south-eastern
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(
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), South
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(
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), Gough
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF1A64BAD327FA9A" bold="true" box="[199,308,1260,1284]" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Remarks</emphasis>
. Mortensen (1924) distinguished this species from the closely similar
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FBAB64BAD75DFA9A" box="[1142,1358,1260,1284]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Amphiura spinipes</emphasis>
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by its slightly more robust appearance. The arm spines of
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FD2E6546D162FAB6" box="[755,881,1296,1320]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">A. spinipes</emphasis>
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are more slender and the dorsal arm plates and radial shields are more elongated and narrow. These slight morphological differences are confirmed by life history characters;
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FECA650ED3D3FAEE" box="[279,448,1368,1392]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">A. magellanica</emphasis>
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has larger eggs (0.2 vs.
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diameter) and is viviparous. While these differences are real and indicate separate species, it can be very difficult to identify individual specimens. Since the distinguishing characters are relative in nature, a range of specimens are required to determine which are more slender than the others, and animals do not always carry mature eggs or juveniles.
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The situation is further confused by the likely presence of additional cryptic species that also have elongated ventral arm spines. Mortensen (1924) recorded an undescribed species with elongated ventral arm spines from the Hauraki Gulf. The
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dd
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(and only known specimen) of
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FC6B6666D681F9D6" box="[950,1170,1584,1608]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Amphiura argentea</emphasis>
Lyman, 1879
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from the Kermadec Ridge has a single oval tentacle scale, short radial shields (twice as long as wide, 1/8 dd in length), and a flat rounded distal oral papilla. There are six stout blunt arm spines at the arm base, which can be slightly bent and/ or have a thorn on one side of the apex. By the 17th segment the ventral arm spine is much lengthened, two segments in length, and slightly curved. Distally, the four arm spines are more slender, but the lowest is still twice as long as the other spines, 1.52 arm segments in length. The arm spines are not equally elongated as described and shown by Lyman (1879, 1882).
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF4A6725D0F2F812" bold="true" box="[151,737,1907,1932]" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112CFFA0FF4A6725D067F812" authority="Mortensen, 1924" authorityName="Mortensen" authorityYear="1924" box="[151,628,1907,1932]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="13" pageNumber="414" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="latisquama" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF4A6725D380F812" bold="true" box="[151,403,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Amphiura latisquama</emphasis>
(Mortensen, 1924)
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</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C359650D112CFFA3FF4A67EAD6BDFF30" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="415" pageId="13" pageNumber="414" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BFC3686112CFFA0FF4A67EAD179F84F" blockId="13.[151,1296,1979,2032]" box="[151,874,1979,2002]" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112CFFA0FF4A67EAD0F0F84F" authority="Mortensen, 1924: 142" authorityName="Mortensen" authorityPageNumber="142" authorityYear="1924" box="[151,739,1980,2002]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="13" pageNumber="414" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="variety" species="eugeniae" subSpecies="var" variety="latisquama">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF4A67EAD3EEF84C" box="[151,509,1980,2002]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Amphiura eugeniae var latisquama</emphasis>
Mortensen, 1924: 142
</taxonomicName>
144, fig. 21.
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<paragraph id="8BFC3686112CFFA0FF4A678CD703F86E" blockId="13.[151,1296,1979,2032]" box="[151,1296,2010,2032]" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112CFFA0FF4A678CD01EF86E" authority="Fell, 1952: 18" authorityName="Fell" authorityPageNumber="18" authorityYear="1952" box="[151,525,2010,2032]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphioplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="13" pageNumber="414" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="longirima">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112CFFA0FF4A678CD369F86E" box="[151,378,2010,2032]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="414">Amphioplus longirima</emphasis>
Fell, 1952: 18
</taxonomicName>
19, figs. 810.—Fell, 1958: 28.—McKnight, 1967a: 312 [new synonymy].
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<paragraph id="8BFC3686112FFFA3FF4A60CED6BDFF30" blockId="14.[151,1198,152,174]" box="[151,1198,152,174]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112FFFA3FF4A60CED34EFF30" box="[151,349,152,174]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="eugeniae">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FF4A60CED34EFF30" box="[151,349,152,174]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Amphiura eugeniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.—McKnight, 1967a: 310 (in part) [Non
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112FFFA3FD2160CED6B0FF30" authority="Ljungman A V, 1867" authorityName="Ljungman A V" authorityYear="1867" box="[764,1187,152,174]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="eugeniae">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FD2160CED1D7FF30" box="[764,964,152,174]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Amphiura eugeniae</emphasis>
Ljungman A V, 1867
</taxonomicName>
].
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C359650D112FFFA3FF4A608CD19FFE54" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BFC3686112FFFA3FF4A608CD19FFE54" blockId="14.[151,1437,218,1610]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FF4A608CD36CFF6D" bold="true" box="[151,383,218,243]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Material Examined</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FE50608DD0A7FF6D" bold="true" box="[397,692,218,243]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">
West Coast North
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</emphasis>
. TAN1105/80, NIWA 77866 (1). TAN1105/88, NIWA 77867 (1).
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FF4A60A8D3B4FE89" bold="true" box="[151,423,254,279]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Comparative Material</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112FFFA3FE6460A8D18FFE88" authority="Mortensen, 1924" authorityName="Mortensen" authorityYear="1924" box="[441,924,254,279]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="latisquama">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FE6460A8D0A9FE89" bold="true" box="[441,698,254,279]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Amphiura latisquama</emphasis>
(Mortensen, 1924)
</taxonomicName>
: K7/73/41, Bass Strait, east of North Point, Flinders
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,
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,
<geoCoordinate id="EE775041112FFFA3FE0E6174D05BFEA4" box="[467,584,290,314]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" precision="925" value="148.81667">148° 49´E</geoCoordinate>
,
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,
<date id="FFFD1046112FFFA3FD756174D139FEA4" box="[680,810,290,314]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" value="1973-11-24">24/11/1973</date>
, MV
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(1). SLOPE/32, South of Point Hicks,
<geoCoordinate id="EE775041112FFFA3FAA96174D2F7FEC0" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" precision="92" value="-38.365">38° 21.9´S</geoCoordinate>
,
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to
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,
<geoCoordinate id="EE775041112FFFA3FDFF6110D0BCFEC0" box="[546,687,326,350]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" precision="92" value="149.34833">149° 20.9´E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FD626110D109FEC0" box="[703,794,326,350]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="m" value="1000.0">1000 m</quantity>
,
<date id="FFFD1046112FFFA3FCF46110D18EFEC0" box="[809,925,326,350]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" value="1986-07-23">23/7/1986</date>
, MV
<accessionNumber id="9410AB65112FFFA3FC396110D62AFEC0" box="[996,1081,326,350]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/F93211" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" type="EnaNcbi">F93211</accessionNumber>
(1). SLOPE/48, Off Freycinet Peninsula,
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,
<geoCoordinate id="EE775041112FFFA3FE42613CD03FFE1C" box="[415,556,362,386]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" precision="92" value="148.63167">148° 37.9´E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FDE7613CD096FE1C" box="[570,645,362,386]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="m" value="400.0">400 m</quantity>
,
<date id="FFFD1046112FFFA3FD49613CD11BFE1C" box="[660,776,362,386]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" value="1986-07-27">27/7/1986</date>
, MV
<accessionNumber id="9410AB65112FFFA3FC91613CD1B1FE1C" box="[844,930,362,386]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/F93214" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" type="EnaNcbi">F93214</accessionNumber>
(6). SS
<date id="FFFD1046112FFFA3FC27613CD671FE1C" box="[1018,1122,362,386]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" value="1982-04-04">04/04/82</date>
, Banks Strait,
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,
<geoCoordinate id="EE775041112FFFA3FF4A61D8D326FE38" box="[151,309,398,422]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" precision="9" value="148.78783">148° 47.27´E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FE9B61D8D386FE38" box="[326,405,398,422]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.68" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="m" value="168.0">168 m</quantity>
,
<date id="FFFD1046112FFFA3FE7B61D8D008FE38" box="[422,539,398,422]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" value="2004-04-25">25/4/2004</date>
, MV F
<date id="FFFD1046112FFFA3FDA861D8D0DAFE38" box="[629,713,398,422]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" value="22-10-17">101722</date>
(1). SS10/2005/44, Albany,
<geoCoordinate id="EE775041112FFFA3FBFC61D8D6AEFE38" box="[1057,1213,398,422]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" precision="1" value="-35.4341">35° 26.046´S</geoCoordinate>
,
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to
<geoCoordinate id="EE775041112FFFA3FAA861D8D2ECFE54" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" precision="1" value="-35.4374">35° 26.244´S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE775041112FFFA3FED661E4D3B1FE54" box="[267,418,434,458]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" precision="9" value="118.351">118° 21.06´E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FE7061E4D03DFE54" box="[429,558,434,458]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.075" metricValueMax="9.15" metricValueMin="9.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="m" value="907.5" valueMax="915.0" valueMin="900.0">900915 m</quantity>
,
<date id="FFFD1046112FFFA3FDE761E4D0A8FE54" box="[570,699,434,458]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" value="2005-11-25">25/11/2005</date>
, MV F
<date id="FFFD1046112FFFA3FCD761E4D14EFE54" box="[778,861,434,458]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" value="20-11-26">112620</date>
(1).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C359650D112FFFA3FF1A6180D317FC78" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BFC3686112FFFA3FF1A6180D317FC78" blockId="14.[151,1437,218,1610]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FF1A6180D342FE71" bold="true" box="[199,337,470,495]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Description</emphasis>
. Disc to
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FE1D6180D009FE70" box="[448,538,470,494]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="mm" value="9.5">9.5 mm</quantity>
dd, arms at least 7 times dd. Disc petaloid, incised interradially and notched radially, fully scaled dorsally and ventrally, disc plates to
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FC8961ACD1A3FD8C" box="[852,944,506,530]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="mm" value="0.2">0.2 mm</quantity>
wide, smaller interradially and ventrally, primaries evident but not prominent, radial shields 1/51/6 dd, 34 times as long as wide, rounded to crescent shaped, proximally divergent. Oral shields spear-head shaped, widest distally, 2 times as long as wide, slightly lobed distally, adoral shields just separated or meeting interradially, separated radially by first ventral arm plate. Two (rarely 1 or 3) distal oral papillae, inner largest, rounded or triangular, flattened, on adoral plate. Outer papilla small to rudimentary, either adjacent to the inner one on the adoral shield, or shifted distally to lie over the second oral tentacle pore and leaving a small diastema. Dorsal arm plates 23 times as wide as long, rounded quadrangular, slightly produced proximally, just contiguous. Ventral arm plates 1.52 times as wide as long, quadrangular, often with a concave distal and convex proximal edge, contiguous. Up to 5 arm spines basally on larger specimens, reducing to 4 then 3 distally. All spines cylindrical with a blunt rounded tip, 2nd lowest longest and thickest, sometimes slightly capitate, to 1.5 segments. Two tentacle scales, one on each of the ventral and lateral arm plate. Small specimens (&lt;
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FD9963D0D09BFC00" box="[580,648,902,926]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="mm" value="5.0">5 mm</quantity>
dd) with 4 then 3 arm spines, all less than a segment in length, and narrower ventral arm plates, just wider than long. Female gonads with eggs
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FBF863FCD693FC5C" box="[1061,1152,938,962]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="mm" value="0.1">0.1 mm</quantity>
diameter, viviparity not observed.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C359650D112FFFA3FF1A63A4D747FB94" box="[199,1364,1010,1035]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BFC3686112FFFA3FF1A63A4D747FB94" blockId="14.[151,1437,218,1610]" box="[199,1364,1010,1035]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FF1A63A4D34AFB95" bold="true" box="[199,345,1010,1035]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="F3547616112FFFA3FEBA63A5D3EEFB94" box="[359,509,1010,1034]" name="New Zealand" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
(
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FDD163A4D08FFB94" box="[524,668,1010,1034]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.915" metricValueMax="11.53" metricValueMin="2.3" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="m" value="691.5" valueMax="1153.0" valueMin="230.0">2301153 m</quantity>
), southern
<collectingCountry id="F3547616112FFFA3FCC563A4D16CFB94" box="[792,895,1010,1034]" name="Australia" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Australia</collectingCountry>
(
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FC5063A4D60DFB94" box="[909,1054,1010,1034]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.879999999999999" metricValueMax="16.080000000000002" metricValueMin="1.6800000000000002" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="m" value="888.0" valueMax="1608.0" valueMin="168.0">1681608 m</quantity>
), Lord Howe Rise (
<quantity id="4CBB9B63112FFFA3FB2763A4D754FB94" box="[1274,1351,1010,1034]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" unit="m" value="650.0">650 m</quantity>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C359650D112FFFA3FF1A6441D098F9D4" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BFC3686112FFFA3FF1A6441D156FB7C" blockId="14.[151,1437,218,1610]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FF1A6441D327FBB1" bold="true" box="[199,308,1047,1071]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Remarks</emphasis>
. The new material is very similar to the single damaged specimen from an unknown
<collectingCountry id="F3547616112FFFA3FAD96441D78FFBB0" box="[1284,1436,1046,1070]" name="New Zealand" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
location described by Mortensen (1924) as
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112FFFA3FD55646DD175FBCD" box="[648,870,1083,1107]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="eugeniae">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FD55646DD175FBCD" box="[648,870,1083,1107]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Amphiura eugeniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
var
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112FFFA3FC41646DD60BFBCD" box="[924,1048,1083,1107]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="latisquama">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FC41646DD60BFBCD" box="[924,1048,1083,1107]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">latisquama</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which we recognise as a distinct species. The magellanic
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112FFFA3FE6F6408D0EEFBE8" authority="Ljungman, 1867" authorityName="Ljungman" authorityYear="1867" box="[434,765,1118,1142]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="eugeniae">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FE6F6408D02BFBE8" box="[434,568,1118,1142]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">A. eugeniae</emphasis>
Ljungman, 1867
</taxonomicName>
differs in having narrower ventral arm plates, longer than wide, and its viviparous reproductive habit (Mortensen 1924; 1936). The species
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112FFFA3FBFD64D5D78FFB04" authority="Studer, 1876" authorityName="Studer" authorityYear="1876" box="[1056,1436,1154,1179]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="antarctica">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FBFD64D5D71BFB05" box="[1056,1288,1155,1179]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Amphiura antarctica</emphasis>
Studer, 1876
</taxonomicName>
from Kerguelen and surrounding subantarctic islands, sometimes treated as a subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112FFFA3FB7F64F0D734FB20" box="[1186,1319,1190,1214]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphiura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="eugeniae">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FB7F64F0D734FB20" box="[1186,1319,1190,1214]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">A. eugeniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, differs in lacking the small distal oral papilla (Mortensen, 1924; 1936).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFC3686112FFFA3FF1A64B8D738FAEC" blockId="14.[151,1437,218,1610]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">
This species could be assigned to the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C434D05112FFFA3FD3464B8D1E2FA98" authority="Unioplus" authorityName="Unioplus" box="[745,1009,1262,1286]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Amphiuridae" genus="Amphioplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="14" pageNumber="415" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FD3464B8D1E2FA98" box="[745,1009,1262,1286]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Amphioplus (Unioplus)</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the basis of its oral papillae, with two distal papillae, a buccal scale and pair of infradental papillae (A.M. Clark 1970). However, its obvious relationship with
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FEBD6560D3E7FAD0" box="[352,500,1334,1358]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">A. antarctica</emphasis>
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, which lacks a small distal papilla, casts doubt on the utility of these subgeneric distinctions. Consequently, it is retained in
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FDA7650DD0F9FAED" box="[634,746,1371,1395]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Amphiura</emphasis>
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until a more comprehensive revision is carried out.
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The nominal species
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FE606528D0AFFA08" box="[445,700,1406,1430]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Amphioplus longirima</emphasis>
Fell, 1952
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is a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FBD66528D6BAFA08" box="[1035,1193,1406,1430]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">A. latisquama</emphasis>
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. The
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dd
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, collected from
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on the Chatham Rise, is apparently lost, but the
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description and figures are very similar to smaller specimens examined for this study, having slightly shorter and less numerous arm spines than the
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specimen of
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FEF065BDD3DFF99D" box="[301,460,1515,1539]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">A. latisquama</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FE0365BDD0C7F99D" box="[478,724,1515,1539]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Amphiura latisquama</emphasis>
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is herein also reported from the upper slope across southern
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for the first time. The
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species
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<emphasis id="B937EA94112FFFA3FD316658D1C1F9B9" box="[748,978,1550,1575]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Amphioplus pegasus</emphasis>
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, 1977
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has similar oral papillae but only one tentacle scale and three arm spines.
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