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locality.
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Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Adak Island, Thumb Bay entrance, W side (51°
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Roger N. Clark, scuba
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F17213DF5C6C433FEF19D29" bold="true" box="[151,314,1890,1913]" pageId="1" pageNumber="580">FIGURES 16.</emphasis>
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, Holotype, 2011-158.001. Fig. 1, whole animal, aboral, Bar = 3.0 cm. Fig. 2, aboral surface, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 3, aboral spines &amp; pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 4, aboral surface cleaned of tissue, showing carinal [C] and dorsolateral [DL] ossicles &amp; spines, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 5, aboral spine with pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 6, marginal area of ray, cleaned of tissue, showing arrangement of ossicles (superomarginal [SM], inferomarginal [IM], actinal [AC], and adambulacral [AD]), Bar = 3.0 mm.
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F14213EF5C6C5D6FE819CCC" bold="true" box="[151,330,1671,1694]" pageId="2" pageNumber="581">FIGURES 710.</emphasis>
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, Holotype, 2011-158.001.Fig. 7, cleaned adambulacral region (actinal [AC] &amp; adambulacral [AD] spines), Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 8, uncleaned adambulacral region, showing wreaths of straight &amp; crossed pedicellariae. Fig. 9, Live,
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Adak Island, Thumb Bay, 13 m (
<emphasis id="B906EA896F14213EF60DC594FC4A9C8B" box="[860,897,1733,1754]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="581">leg.</emphasis>
R.N. Clark, 20 July, 2011), Bar = 8.0 cm. Fig. 10, Paratype, 2011-159.001. Oral side, Bar = 4 cm.
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F14213EF5C6C453FED59D46" bold="true" box="[151,286,1794,1816]" pageId="2" pageNumber="581">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
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Live,
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Hawadax Island, N side, 13 m (
<emphasis id="B906EA896F14213EF6ADC452FBEA9D49" box="[1020,1057,1795,1816]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="581">leg.</emphasis>
R.N. Clark, 8 June, 2008), Bar = 5.0 cm.
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<paragraph id="8BCD369B6F14213EF5C6C411FEE99D25" blockId="2.[151,1436,1671,1908]" pageId="2" pageNumber="581">
<emphasis id="B906EA896F14213EF5C6C411FED49D04" bold="true" box="[151,287,1856,1878]" pageId="2" pageNumber="581">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
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Fisher, 1930
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. Live,
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Kagamil Island, E side, 11 m (
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R.N. Clark, 19 July, 2007), Bar = 2.0 cm.
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.
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, 179°
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).
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.Star of moderate size; R to
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, R:r 69 (
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). Five rays, relatively long; abactinal ossicles 24 lobed, with single spines; spines relatively short, stout, truncated bearing numerous fine vertical ridges; superomarginal and inferomarginal ossicles bear a single thick, blunt spine, similar to abactinal spines; all spines wreathed with numerous crossed pedicellariae. Tube feet, in four rows. Color in life reddish with lighter mottlings abactinally, actinal surface straw colored.
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Moderate sized star R to
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, r =
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, R:r 9.1 (
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,
<figureCitation id="13492A1E6F15213FF15DC21DFB859B35" box="[1036,1102,332,357]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1890,1913]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,479,1866]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[151,1435,479,1866]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Leptasterias tatei sp. nov., Holotype, 2011 - 158.001. Fig. 1, whole animal, aboral, Bar = 3.0 cm. Fig. 2, aboral surface, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 3, aboral spines &amp; pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 4, aboral surface cleaned of tissue, showing carinal [C] and dorsolateral [DL] ossicles &amp; spines, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 5, aboral spine with pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 6, marginal area of ray, cleaned of tissue, showing arrangement of ossicles (superomarginal [SM], inferomarginal [IM], actinal [AC], and adambulacral [AD]), Bar = 3.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/244520/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
). Disc small, five rays, fairly long, tapering, relatively soft. Skeleton relatively open; papular areas relatively large, bearing 36 papulae, obscured by wreaths of pedicellariae on spines in live individuals; bearing scattered large straight pedicellaria to
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long (
<figureCitation id="13492A1E6F15213FF418C2E6FE7E9B81" box="[329,437,439,464]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1890,1913]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,479,1866]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[151,1435,479,1866]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Leptasterias tatei sp. nov., Holotype, 2011 - 158.001. Fig. 1, whole animal, aboral, Bar = 3.0 cm. Fig. 2, aboral surface, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 3, aboral spines &amp; pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 4, aboral surface cleaned of tissue, showing carinal [C] and dorsolateral [DL] ossicles &amp; spines, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 5, aboral spine with pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 6, marginal area of ray, cleaned of tissue, showing arrangement of ossicles (superomarginal [SM], inferomarginal [IM], actinal [AC], and adambulacral [AD]), Bar = 3.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/244520/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">Figs. 23</figureCitation>
) on papular areas; pedicellariae broadened distally, and bearing four “teeth” per valve. Carinal ossicles 24 lobed, bearing single spines, dorsolateral ossicles single spined, also 24 lobed, but forming a more open meshwork (
<figureCitation id="13492A1E6F15213FF4C6C2AEFE109849" box="[407,475,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1890,1913]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,479,1866]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[151,1435,479,1866]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Leptasterias tatei sp. nov., Holotype, 2011 - 158.001. Fig. 1, whole animal, aboral, Bar = 3.0 cm. Fig. 2, aboral surface, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 3, aboral spines &amp; pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 4, aboral surface cleaned of tissue, showing carinal [C] and dorsolateral [DL] ossicles &amp; spines, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 5, aboral spine with pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 6, marginal area of ray, cleaned of tissue, showing arrangement of ossicles (superomarginal [SM], inferomarginal [IM], actinal [AC], and adambulacral [AD]), Bar = 3.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/244520/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
), and bearing small, irregular accessory plates; spines relatively short, thick truncated, with strong vertical ridges continuing onto the dorsal surface; encircled by a fleshy wreath of small, crossed pedicellariae up to
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in length (
<figureCitation id="13492A1E6F15213FF703C116FD0A9831" box="[594,705,583,608]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1890,1913]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,479,1866]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[151,1435,479,1866]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Leptasterias tatei sp. nov., Holotype, 2011 - 158.001. Fig. 1, whole animal, aboral, Bar = 3.0 cm. Fig. 2, aboral surface, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 3, aboral spines &amp; pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 4, aboral surface cleaned of tissue, showing carinal [C] and dorsolateral [DL] ossicles &amp; spines, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 5, aboral spine with pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 6, marginal area of ray, cleaned of tissue, showing arrangement of ossicles (superomarginal [SM], inferomarginal [IM], actinal [AC], and adambulacral [AD]), Bar = 3.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/244520/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">Figs. 45</figureCitation>
). Madreporite small, about
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in diameter, roughly circular with irregular ridges.
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Superomarginal ossicles 4 lobed and inferomarginal ossicles 34 lobed (
<figureCitation id="13492A1E6F15213FF6BDC1DEFBFB98F9" box="[1004,1072,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1890,1913]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,479,1866]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[151,1435,479,1866]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Leptasterias tatei sp. nov., Holotype, 2011 - 158.001. Fig. 1, whole animal, aboral, Bar = 3.0 cm. Fig. 2, aboral surface, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 3, aboral spines &amp; pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 4, aboral surface cleaned of tissue, showing carinal [C] and dorsolateral [DL] ossicles &amp; spines, Bar = 3.0 mm. Fig. 5, aboral spine with pedicellariae, Bar = 1.0 mm. Fig. 6, marginal area of ray, cleaned of tissue, showing arrangement of ossicles (superomarginal [SM], inferomarginal [IM], actinal [AC], and adambulacral [AD]), Bar = 3.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/244520/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
), typically bearing single (rarely two) pedicellariae-wreathed spines, longer and more slender than those of the carinal and dorsolateral series.
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Actinal ossicles (
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) in a single nearly complete series, and bearing a single spine. Adambulacral ossicles (
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) bearing single spines on proximal five, then alternating one and two, (two spines in a vertical series), the proximal spine about ¾ as long and thick as the distal spine; actinal and adambulacral spines with a partial wreath on distal side of variously sized straight pedicellariae
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. Oral ossicles narrow, bearing two rather slender spines with partial wreaths of pedicellariae similar to those of the actinal and adambulacral series.
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Tube feet in four rows. Color in life: dorsal surface reddish with dark and pale mottlings; spines and madreporite white; oral surface straw colored (
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).
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(
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) agrees with the
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in all respects, but is smaller, R =
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, r =
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, R:r 6.1 and has somewhat stouter rays.
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F15213FF596C0A6FEAB9E41" bold="true" box="[199,352,1015,1040]" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">Distribution.</emphasis>
The distribution of
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F15213FF719C0A8FD529E5E" box="[584,665,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">L. tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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,
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as well as
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F15213FF6D6C0A8FBE19E41" box="[903,1066,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">L. stolacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) is the central Aleutian Islands, Andreanof and Rat Islands (
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176° W to 178° E) (
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).
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F15213FF68AC74CFB6B9E65" box="[987,1184,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">Leptasterias tatei</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F15213FF1F9C74DFAC99E64" bold="true" box="[1192,1282,1052,1077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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was found at Adak (
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,
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;
<emphasis id="B906EA896F15213FF4FEC711FE3E9E06" box="[431,501,1088,1111]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">in situ</emphasis>
,
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), Amchitka (
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,
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), and Hawadax (formerly Rat) (
<emphasis id="B906EA896F15213FF04BC711FAAB9E06" box="[1306,1376,1088,1111]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">in situ</emphasis>
,
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; not collected) islands. Additional specimens were photographed at Adak as well, but not collected.
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F15213FF5C6C4CDFEEE9DE0" bold="true" box="[151,293,1948,1970]" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">FIGURE 13.</emphasis>
Map of Aleutian Islands, showing known geographic distributions of
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F15213FF177C4CDFB179DE0" box="[1062,1244,1948,1969]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">Leptasterias tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23557F26F15213FF1B9C4CDFAF59DE0" box="[1256,1342,1948,1969]" pageId="3" pageNumber="582" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(●) and
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F15213FF5C6C4EAFE5B9D81" box="[151,400,1979,2000]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="582">Leptasterias stolacantha</emphasis>
Fisher, 1930
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(▲).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F596C3C6FEE19AE1" bold="true" box="[199,298,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Habitat.</emphasis>
Found on cobble, boulder and bedrock substrate encrusted with the coralline algae
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F18AC3C9FEE09A85" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Clathromorphum nereostratum</emphasis>
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, at depths of
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, and temperatures of 3.8° to 5.0°C.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36865106F122138F596C38EFE0A9B6E" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F596C38EFE859AA9" bold="true" box="[199,334,223,248]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name honors Mr. Paul Tate. For more than 40 years he worked throughout the Aleutian Islands, first as a biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Dutch Harbor, later as the Captain of the research vessel
<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F417C278FE729B11" box="[326,441,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Norseman</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36865106F122138F596C21DFCAE9E5E" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F596C21DFEF09B34" bold="true" box="[199,315,332,357]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F410C21CFDCF9B35" box="[321,516,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Leptasterias tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F75BC21DFDA89B34" bold="true" box="[522,611,332,357]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23557F26F122138F75BC21DFDA89B34" box="[522,611,332,357]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
resembles
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F7B1C21CFC4B9B35" box="[736,896,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. stolacantha</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE34B6A6F122138F6D6C21DFBDA9B35" author="Fisher" box="[903,1041,332,357]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" refString="Fisher, W. K. (1930) Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 3. Forcipulata (concluded). Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., U. S. National Museum Bulletin 76 (Part 3), 1 - 356." type="journal article" year="1930">Fisher, 1930</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), but differs in 1) its larger size, 2) having thicker spines, 3) wreaths of fewer and larger crossed pedicellariae, to
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in length, and scattered large straight, pedicellariae to
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, as opposed to
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and
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, respectively in
<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F0D4C2C4FEEB9B81" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">
<taxonomicName id="4C724D186F122138F0D4C2C4FED69B81" class="Asteroidea" family="Asteriidae" genus="Leptasterias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Forcipulatida" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="stolacantha">L. stolacantha</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
4) the superomarginal and inferomarginal ossicles bear single spines in
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F116C2E8FB5D9B9E" box="[1095,1174,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
, as opposed to two (sometimes three) in
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F4E5C28CFD9E9BA5" box="[436,597,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. stolacantha</emphasis>
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. Additionally, the spines of
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F6DEC28CFBFB9BA5" box="[911,1072,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. stolacantha</emphasis>
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are slender and needle-like. The color of live
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F476C150FE0C9849" box="[295,455,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. stolacantha</emphasis>
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also differs in being uniformly tan or light brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD369B6F122138F596C175FCAE9E5E" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1040]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">
Although its thick, truncated abactinal spines and large, straight pedicellariae clearly distinguish
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F040C174FF02980E" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Leptasterias tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F581C116FEE29831" bold="true" box="[208,297,583,608]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23557F26F122138F581C116FEE29831" box="[208,297,583,608]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from all other Aleutian species, it bears some resemblance to four congeners described by
<bibRefCitation id="EFE34B6A6F122138F079C116FF2A98D4" author="Dyakonov" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" refString="Dyakonov, A. M. (1950) Keys to the Fauna of the USSR. No. 34. Sea Stars (Asteroids) of the USSR Seas. Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (translated 1968 by Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem), USSR / Jerusalem, 183 pp." type="book" year="1950">Dyakonov (1950)</bibRefCitation>
from the western part of the Okhotsk Sea, chiefly near Sakhalin Island.
<taxonomicName id="4C724D186F122138F155C13CFA5798D5" authority="Dyakonov, 1929" authorityName="Dyakonov" authorityYear="1929" box="[1028,1436,620,645]" class="Asteroidea" family="Asteriidae" genus="Leptasterias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Forcipulatida" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="fisheri">
<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F155C13CFB1798D5" box="[1028,1244,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Leptasterias fisheri</emphasis>
Dyakonov, 1929
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F472C1C1FEA098F6" box="[291,363,656,679]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L.tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F423C1DEFE0F98F9" bold="true" box="[370,452,655,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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by having the aboral spines arranged in more or less longitudinal rows;
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F1BCC1C0FAF698F6" box="[1261,1341,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F012C1DEFA5798F9" bold="true" box="[1347,1436,655,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23557F26F122138F012C1DEFA5798F9" box="[1347,1436,655,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has random arrangement.
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F4EBC1E4FDB6989D" box="[442,637,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Leptasterias tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F7D5C1E5FD15989C" bold="true" box="[644,734,692,717]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23557F26F122138F7D5C1E5FD15989C" box="[644,734,692,717]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F689C1E4FB72989D" box="[984,1209,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Leptasterias hirsuta</emphasis>
Dyakonov, 1938
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by the truncate tips of the aboral spines, and single spines on the inferomarginals. The spines of
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F1BAC188FA9098A1" box="[1259,1371,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. hirsuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have rounded tips. Also,
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F42DC1ACFE209945" box="[380,491,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. hirsuta</emphasis>
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has diverse
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of straight pedicellariae scattered aborally that are smaller than those of
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F5A9C070FE839966" box="[248,328,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F401C04EFE619969" bold="true" box="[336,426,799,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23557F26F122138F401C04EFE619969" box="[336,426,799,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F4E0C071FDBD9966" box="[433,630,800,823]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Leptasterias tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F72CC04EFD1C9969" bold="true" box="[637,727,799,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F63DC071FBA19969" box="[876,1130,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Leptasterias orientalis</emphasis>
Dyakonov,
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in having only a single row of actinal ossicles.
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F702C014FC9E990D" box="[595,853,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Leptasterias orientalis</emphasis>
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has two rows of actinal ossicles (ventolaterals in Dyakonov), and the spines on the inferomarginals change from one to two at about mid-ray. Also, the aboral spines of
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F5E6C0DCFE8999F5" box="[183,322,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are long and very fine (acicular).
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F79FC0DCFC5F99F5" box="[718,916,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Leptasterias tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F6CCC0DDFC3999F4" bold="true" box="[925,1010,908,933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F1C2C0DCFA5099F5" box="[1171,1435,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">Leptasterias subarctica</emphasis>
Dyakonov,
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in having smaller actinal ossicles than inferomarginal ossicles; the actinals of
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F18AC0E0FABB9999" box="[1243,1392,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. subarctica</emphasis>
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are notably larger than the inferomarginals. Also,
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F7F2C084FD3F99BD" box="[675,756,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. tatei</emphasis>
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has profuse wreaths of crossed pedicellaria around the aboral spines; the wreaths of
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<emphasis id="B906EA896F122138F756C0A8FD519E41" box="[519,666,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="583">L. subarctica</emphasis>
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are much sparser.
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