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, figs 12.1312.14 (partim, non
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, fig. 26.14ab (partim, non
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sp. B
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This study: 312,
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFF94820157F3B45D645FF8D4" bold="true" box="[189,310,1865,1891]" pageId="29" pageNumber="159">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BE5915DFF94820157F3B46C675AF86E" blockId="29.[189,1399,1912,2009]" pageId="29" pageNumber="159">Radial shields covered with granules. Section between arm and distal genital slits with granule-bearing scales only. DAPs divided into multiple pieces (mean = 2, maximum = 9). Coloration uniform brown dorsally (preserved specimens).</paragraph>
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The species name
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is typically uniform brown (DD&gt; 11.0 mm), giving it a naked appearance compared to its EP congeners, most of which display brilliant colors (e.g.,
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Granja-Fernández
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2020
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Humara-Gil
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFF97820256D1B2D164BAFE69" box="[415,467,452,478]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="160">et al</emphasis>
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DD =
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, AL:DD = 3.8. Disc rounded, covered by rounded granules, slightly separated from each other. Granule size increasing from center to periphery. Some granules rubbed off near disc center, leaving scales visible. Dorsal disc granule density 54 per mm
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. Radial shields covered by granules. Eleven small plates visible near disc edge (
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). Ventral interradii covered with small granules separated from each other; those closer to genital slits, larger. Four genital slits per interradius. Proximal genital slits oval, separated from distal section of oral shields by one or two rows of granules, but in contact with 1
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LAP, reaching up to proximal section of 2
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VAP. Distal genital slits oval, slightly longer than proximal ones, placed between 7
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and 9
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arm segments; surrounded only by granule-bearing scales (
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).
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Oral shields 1.5× as wide as long, trilobed; proximal edge convex forming a rounded apex; rounded lateral edges; distal edge convex. Madreporite rounded triangular, with a central depression deviated towards distal section; distal edge convex. Adoral shields covered by granules, separated from each other. Jaws with 810 oral papillae: LyOs the largest, 3 × as long as wide, angled upwards; AdShSp rounded quadrangular, robust; 2°AdShSp smaller than AdShSp, rounded rectangular; LOPas 35, rectangular to conical, pointed; IPa similar to LOPas, more robust; TPa two at jaw apex, triangular to rectangular, robust. Teeth five: vT rounded rectangular; median teeth quadrangular to triangular; dorsalmost triangular and pointed. OPRSp not evident due to closed mouth. Oral plates covered with granules larger than those covering adoral shields, decreasing in size towards periphery (
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).
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Five arms rounded, tapering distally: one almost complete, four regenerating close to tip (
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). Dorsal arm base with some small scales and few granules scattered between them (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FF97820253E4B4296073F8E0" box="[1194,1306,1853,1879]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="31.[189,232,1786,1812]" captionTargetBox="[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetId="figure-18@31.[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="Fig. 10. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., holotype (USNM E23455, DD = 33.2 mm). A. Dorsal disc (inset: extra plates on the disc). B. Ventral disc (inset: section between the arm and the distal genital slit). C. Close-up of a jaw. D. Proximalmost dorsal arm. E. Median dorsal arm. F. Distalmost dorsal arm. G. Proximalmost ventral arm. H. Median ventral arm. I. Distalmost ventral arm. J. Lateral arm plates and arm spines. K. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: 2° AdShSp = secondary adoral shield spine; AdShSp = adoral shield spine; IPa = infradental papilla; LOPas = lateral oral papillae; LyOs = Lymans ossicle; TPa = tooth papilla; vT = ventralmost tooth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310041" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310041/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="160">Fig. 10D</figureCitation>
). DAPs wider than long, typically divided into four and up to eight irregular pieces (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FF9782025307B47461B0F8CD" box="[1097,1241,1888,1914]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="31.[189,232,1786,1812]" captionTargetBox="[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetId="figure-18@31.[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="Fig. 10. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., holotype (USNM E23455, DD = 33.2 mm). A. Dorsal disc (inset: extra plates on the disc). B. Ventral disc (inset: section between the arm and the distal genital slit). C. Close-up of a jaw. D. Proximalmost dorsal arm. E. Median dorsal arm. F. Distalmost dorsal arm. G. Proximalmost ventral arm. H. Median ventral arm. I. Distalmost ventral arm. J. Lateral arm plates and arm spines. K. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: 2° AdShSp = secondary adoral shield spine; AdShSp = adoral shield spine; IPa = infradental papilla; LOPas = lateral oral papillae; LyOs = Lymans ossicle; TPa = tooth papilla; vT = ventralmost tooth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310041" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310041/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="160">Fig. 10DE</figureCitation>
). DAP pieces sequence of the longest arm: first ten segments, 4, 8, 6, 8, 7, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6; 11
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, 24; 81
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, 12; 101
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, 1. Distalmost DAPs trapezoidal to triangular, entire (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FF9782025499B4DD612AF853" box="[983,1091,1993,2020]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="31.[189,232,1786,1812]" captionTargetBox="[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetId="figure-18@31.[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="Fig. 10. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., holotype (USNM E23455, DD = 33.2 mm). A. Dorsal disc (inset: extra plates on the disc). B. Ventral disc (inset: section between the arm and the distal genital slit). C. Close-up of a jaw. D. Proximalmost dorsal arm. E. Median dorsal arm. F. Distalmost dorsal arm. G. Proximalmost ventral arm. H. Median ventral arm. I. Distalmost ventral arm. J. Lateral arm plates and arm spines. K. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: 2° AdShSp = secondary adoral shield spine; AdShSp = adoral shield spine; IPa = infradental papilla; LOPas = lateral oral papillae; LyOs = Lymans ossicle; TPa = tooth papilla; vT = ventralmost tooth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310041" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310041/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="160">Fig. 10F</figureCitation>
). First VAP small, 2× as wide as long, with rounded edges (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5515B21D67AEFE94" box="[603,711,265,291]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="31.[189,232,1786,1812]" captionTargetBox="[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetId="figure-18@31.[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="Fig. 10. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., holotype (USNM E23455, DD = 33.2 mm). A. Dorsal disc (inset: extra plates on the disc). B. Ventral disc (inset: section between the arm and the distal genital slit). C. Close-up of a jaw. D. Proximalmost dorsal arm. E. Median dorsal arm. F. Distalmost dorsal arm. G. Proximalmost ventral arm. H. Median ventral arm. I. Distalmost ventral arm. J. Lateral arm plates and arm spines. K. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: 2° AdShSp = secondary adoral shield spine; AdShSp = adoral shield spine; IPa = infradental papilla; LOPas = lateral oral papillae; LyOs = Lymans ossicle; TPa = tooth papilla; vT = ventralmost tooth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310041" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310041/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 10B</figureCitation>
). Subsequent VAPs quadrangular, longer than wide; distal edge convex (
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). Distalmost VAPs triangular, rounded, slightly longer than wide (
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). A pair of pores between the four proximalmost VAPs in all five arms (
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). LAPs conspicuous, wider than long, with up to 11 arm spines. Arm spine sequence of the longest arm (right side, including arm spine bearing segments within disc): first ten segments, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 10; 11
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, 3. Arm spines conical with blunt tips, slightly flattened, ⅔ LAP length. Dorsalmost arm spine the shortest; ventralmost the longest and more robust, in contact with tentacle scales of the following segment (
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). Two tentacle scales, rarely three; adradial tentacle scale oval, elongated, ⅔ VAP length; abradial tentacle scale shorter, ¾ adradial scale length, triangular (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5670B17D64A6FD34" box="[318,463,617,643]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="31.[189,232,1786,1812]" captionTargetBox="[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetId="figure-18@31.[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="Fig. 10. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., holotype (USNM E23455, DD = 33.2 mm). A. Dorsal disc (inset: extra plates on the disc). B. Ventral disc (inset: section between the arm and the distal genital slit). C. Close-up of a jaw. D. Proximalmost dorsal arm. E. Median dorsal arm. F. Distalmost dorsal arm. G. Proximalmost ventral arm. H. Median ventral arm. I. Distalmost ventral arm. J. Lateral arm plates and arm spines. K. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: 2° AdShSp = secondary adoral shield spine; AdShSp = adoral shield spine; IPa = infradental papilla; LOPas = lateral oral papillae; LyOs = Lymans ossicle; TPa = tooth papilla; vT = ventralmost tooth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310041" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310041/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 10GH</figureCitation>
). In the distalmost arm section, tentacle scales oval and elongated, adradial being the longest; last arm segments with only one scale (
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).
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFF96820357F3B5EE6472F8A3" bold="true" box="[189,283,1786,1812]" pageId="31" pageNumber="161">Fig. 10.</emphasis>
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, holotype (USNM E23455, DD = 33.2 mm).
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. Dorsal disc (inset: extra plates on the disc).
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. Ventral disc (inset: section between the arm and the distal genital slit).
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFF96820357F3B45465BBF8ED" bold="true" box="[189,210,1856,1882]" pageId="31" pageNumber="161">C</emphasis>
. Close-up of a jaw.
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. Proximalmost dorsal arm.
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. Median dorsal arm.
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. Distalmost dorsal arm.
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. Proximalmost ventral arm.
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. Median ventral arm.
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. Distalmost ventral arm.
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. Lateral arm plates and arm spines.
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. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: 2° AdShSp = secondary adoral shield spine; AdShSp = adoral shield spine; IPa = infradental papilla; LOPas = lateral oral papillae; LyOs = Lymans ossicle; TPa = tooth papilla; vT = ventralmost tooth.
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General coloration uniform brown (dry specimen) (
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). Dorsal side: disc brown (
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). Arms brown (
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). Ventral side: interradii brown (
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). Oral shields brown; oral papillae and teeth cream (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5618B000648DFC99" box="[342,484,788,814]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="31.[189,232,1786,1812]" captionTargetBox="[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetId="figure-18@31.[321,1267,265,1743]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="Fig. 10. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., holotype (USNM E23455, DD = 33.2 mm). A. Dorsal disc (inset: extra plates on the disc). B. Ventral disc (inset: section between the arm and the distal genital slit). C. Close-up of a jaw. D. Proximalmost dorsal arm. E. Median dorsal arm. F. Distalmost dorsal arm. G. Proximalmost ventral arm. H. Median ventral arm. I. Distalmost ventral arm. J. Lateral arm plates and arm spines. K. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: 2° AdShSp = secondary adoral shield spine; AdShSp = adoral shield spine; IPa = infradental papilla; LOPas = lateral oral papillae; LyOs = Lymans ossicle; TPa = tooth papilla; vT = ventralmost tooth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310041" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310041/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 10BC</figureCitation>
). LAPs brown. Arm spines brown with cream bases and tips; the ventralmost, cream (
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).
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA9823C57F3B06C64B8FC25" bold="true" box="[189,465,888,914]" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Disarticulated ossicles</emphasis>
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Non-type specimen, USNM E23396 (DD =
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, AL:DD = 3.9). Radial shields irregularly triangular, elongated, covered in the intact animal; proximal edge convex; distal edge convex; adradial edge irregular with a median process; abradial edge with two processes, proximal subtle, distal prominent (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C560BB70564BAFB9C" box="[325,467,1041,1067]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11AB</figureCitation>
). Externally, distal half with swollen center showing multiple small pores, close to each other; additional larger pores closer to edges, proximalmost the largest (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5334B7206181FBF9" box="[1146,1256,1076,1102]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11A</figureCitation>
). Internally, distal half center with three small middle pores; distal edge showing two rounded truncated bulbs, adradial one larger, separated by a furrow that continues to distal edge of shield (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C53ECB76E6079FB23" box="[1186,1296,1146,1172]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11B</figureCitation>
). Dental plate fragmented into several pieces (up to five), each supporting one or two teeth in oval or round non-penetrating sockets; ventralmost piece also with round sockets for TPa (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5372B7D561CFFB6C" box="[1084,1190,1217,1243]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11C</figureCitation>
). Adradial genital plate falcate, elongated, proximally curved. Abradial face with a short proximal furrow and two small pores close to distal edge; distal edge with two truncated knobs separated by a furrow, and a distal depression, noticed from the other side (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C55E1B63E6677FAF3" box="[687,798,1322,1348]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11D</figureCitation>
). Adradial face with a longitudinal groove and a notorious pore close to distal section. Distal edge rounded, laterally showing a depression followed by a central knob (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5613B66564ACFA3C" box="[349,453,1393,1419]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11E</figureCitation>
). Oral plates longer than high, middle section slightly lower than ends (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C524AB66565BFFA19" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11F G</figureCitation>
); abradial face with muscle fossa widening ventrally (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5429B68066B9FA19" box="[871,976,1428,1454]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11F</figureCitation>
); adradial face with multiple pores at proximoventral edge of plate corresponding to oral papillae (lateral) and granule (ventral) sockets (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5788B6CE645FFA43" box="[198,310,1498,1524]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11G</figureCitation>
). Vertebrae zygospondylus (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C55C3B6CE667FFA43" box="[653,790,1498,1524]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11HI</figureCitation>
). Proximal vertebrae wider than long, with dorsal muscle fossae larger than ventral ones (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C55EEB6E96666F9AF" box="[672,783,1533,1560]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11H</figureCitation>
). VAPs (from proximal arm section) quadrangular, slightly wider than long; proximal edge slightly concave, with a median spur; lateral edges with two points forming concave areas; distal edge convex (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C546AB55066E0F9E9" box="[804,905,1604,1630]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11J</figureCitation>
). Internal face with two elongated lateral spurs, and a smaller, oval one in the middle (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C559FB5736657F936" box="[721,830,1639,1665]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11K</figureCitation>
). LAPs curved, 3 × as high as wide; dorsal edge slightly concave; ventral edge slightly convex, with a small, rounded condyle developing from internal side; proximal edge concave; distal edge convex (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5441B5B966F6F97F" box="[783,927,1709,1736]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11LN</figureCitation>
). Proximal external LAP edge with two conspicuous, elongated, and triangular spurs in the middle (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5426B5C566A7F95C" box="[872,974,1745,1771]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11L</figureCitation>
), having their counterparts internally (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C578DB5E0645CF8B9" box="[195,309,1780,1806]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11M</figureCitation>
). Internal side with four pores near center, concave proximal ridge, and two separated bulbs near ventral edge, ventralmost protruding from plate (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C5478B40366CEF886" box="[822,935,1815,1841]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11M</figureCitation>
). Ten spine articulations on distal edge, each surrounded by a thick lobe (
<figureCitation id="13618DD8FFA9823C550DB42E67C6F8E3" box="[579,687,1850,1876]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[332,1256,265,1709]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Fig. 11. Ophioderma bichi sp. nov., non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles. A. Radial shield, external face. B. Radial shield, internal face. C. Dental plate. D. Adradial genital plate, abradial face. E. Adradial genital plate, adradial face. F. Oral plate, abradial face. G. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets. H. Arm vertebra, proximal face. I. Arm vertebra, distal face. J. Ventral arm plate, external face. K. Ventral arm plate, internal face. L. Lateral arm plate, external face. M. Lateral arm plate, internal face. N. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310043/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="162">Fig. 11N</figureCitation>
).
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and non-type variations
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varied in size from
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(DD). The smallest specimens (DD = 15.4 and
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) did not show plates on the disc, whereas larger ones presented various irregular plates (DD =
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) or a single plate near the arm base (DD =
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).
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(DD = 15.4, 19.5, and
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) had rounded triangular rather than trilobed oral shields. All
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presented DAPs divided mainly into two pieces, although the maximum number of pieces reached varied with size, being three in the smallest (DD =
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) and five in the largest (DD =
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). The maximum number of arm spines also varied with size, ranging from nine (DD =
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) to 12 (DD =
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). In
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(DD = 24.1 and
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), a few segments had three tentacle scales, while in the remaining two, all segments had two scales. Regarding coloration,
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presented some groups of light granules on the dorsal disc; two had arms slightly lighter than the disc, and another showed a small, cream speck on the distal section of each oral shield, except for the madreporite.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D57F3B5CC6476F945" bold="true" box="[189,287,1752,1778]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">Fig. 11.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D5662B5CC6760F945" box="[300,521,1752,1778]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">Ophioderma bichi</emphasis>
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, non-type specimen (USNM E23396, DD = 28.1 mm), SEM images of the ossicles.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D569CB5EF648FF8A2" bold="true" box="[466,486,1787,1813]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">A</emphasis>
. Radial shield, external face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D5404B5EF6635F8A2" bold="true" box="[842,860,1787,1813]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">B</emphasis>
. Radial shield, internal face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D53F5B5EF61A6F8A2" bold="true" box="[1211,1231,1787,1813]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">C</emphasis>
. Dental plate.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D57F0B40A65BBF88F" bold="true" box="[190,210,1822,1848]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">D</emphasis>
. Adradial genital plate, abradial face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D55D6B40A67C5F88F" bold="true" box="[664,684,1822,1848]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">E</emphasis>
. Adradial genital plate, adradial face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D533DB40A61EDF88F" bold="true" box="[1139,1156,1822,1848]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">F</emphasis>
. Oral plate, abradial face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D57B1B455647FF8EC" bold="true" box="[255,278,1857,1883]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">G</emphasis>
. Oral plate, adradial face. Black arrows point to oral papillae sockets, white arrows point to granule sockets.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D56C7B47164C9F8C8" bold="true" box="[393,416,1893,1919]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">H</emphasis>
. Arm vertebra, proximal face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D5450B4716640F8C8" bold="true" box="[798,809,1893,1919]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">I</emphasis>
. Arm vertebra, distal face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D5333B47161E5F8C8" bold="true" box="[1149,1164,1893,1919]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">J</emphasis>
. Ventral arm plate, external face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D5627B49C6417F815" bold="true" box="[361,382,1928,1954]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">K</emphasis>
. Ventral arm plate, internal face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D545BB49C664FF815" bold="true" box="[789,806,1928,1954]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">L</emphasis>
. Lateral arm plate, external face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D538CB49C61B2F815" bold="true" box="[1218,1243,1928,1954]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">M</emphasis>
. Lateral arm plate, internal face.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFA8823D56E8B4BF64D2F872" bold="true" box="[422,443,1963,1989]" pageId="33" pageNumber="163">N</emphasis>
. Lateral arm plate, lateral face. Abbreviations: dist = distal; dors = dorsal; prox = proximal; SA = spine articulation; Sp = spur; vent = ventral.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Other variations were observed in non-type specimens (DD =
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had one radial shield partially naked. Seven of the smallest specimens (DD =
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showed clusters of light granules on the ventral disc, ranging from a few to several. These were mainly present in specimens with DD = 8.5 to 11.0 mm but were also observed in larger ones with DD up to
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E57F3B0266487FCFB" bold="true" box="[189,494,818,844]" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">Distribution and habitat</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E57F3B07564FEFCCC" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[189,407,865,891]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E57F3B07564FEFCCC" box="[189,407,865,891]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">Ophioderma bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is exclusively found in the northern Mexican Pacific waters, specifically in the Gulf of
<collectingRegion id="499E5FBFFFAB823E5626B09064B6FC29" box="[360,479,900,926]" country="United States of America" name="California" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">California</collectingRegion>
(
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,
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, and
<collectingRegion id="499E5FBFFFAB823E5405B090615AFC29" box="[843,1075,900,926]" country="Mexico" name="Baja California Sur" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">Baja California Sur</collectingRegion>
) and Revillagigedo Islands (Roca Partida Island). The northernmost record of this species corresponds to Punta Pelícano,
<collectingRegion id="499E5FBFFFAB823E526AB0B3601EFC76" box="[1316,1399,935,961]" country="Mexico" name="Sonora" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">Sonora</collectingRegion>
(
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), and the southernmost to
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Eclipse, Roca Partida Island (
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) (
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).
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E53EEB0DE601FFC53" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[1184,1398,970,996]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E53EEB0DE601FFC53" box="[1184,1398,970,996]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">Ophioderma bichi</emphasis>
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inhabits rocky substrate, shingle, and sediment under rocks and can be found from intertidal to
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depth. This is the third species of
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E550DB70567BEFB9C" box="[579,727,1041,1067]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">Ophioderma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, alongside
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E5412B7056682FB9C" box="[860,1003,1041,1067]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. occultum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E536DB70561C4FB9C" authorityName="Hendler" authorityYear="1996" box="[1059,1197,1041,1067]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="vansyoci">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E536DB70561C4FB9C" box="[1059,1197,1041,1067]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. vansyoci</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with a restricted distribution in the northern Mexican Pacific (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCBECACFFAB823E559FB7206611FBF9" author="Hendler" box="[721,888,1076,1102]" firstAuthor="Hendler" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" pagination="319 - 338" refId="ref25250" refString="Hendler G. 1996. Echinodermata collected at Rocas Alijos. In: Schmieder R. W. (ed.) Rocas Alijos. Scientific Results from the Cordell Expeditions: 319 - 338. Springer, Dordrecht. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 017 - 2917 - 8 _ 27" type="book chapter" year="1996">Hendler 1996</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFCBECACFFAB823E54CBB7206068FBF9" author="Hernandez-Herrejon" box="[901,1281,1076,1103]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Hernandez-Herrejon" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" refId="ref25462" refString="Hernandez-Herrejon L. A., Solis-Marin F. A., Laguarda-Figueras A. &amp; Pineda-Enriquez T. 2010. First record of Ophioderma vansyoci (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in the Gulf of California. Marine Biodiversity Records 3: e 114. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1755267210001028" type="journal volume" year="2010">
Hernández-Herrejón
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E5331B72161DDFBF9" box="[1151,1204,1076,1102]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">et al</emphasis>
. 2010
</bibRefCitation>
;
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Humara-Gil
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E57A4B74C6474FBC6" box="[234,285,1111,1137]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">et al</emphasis>
. 2022
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C340C2D6FFAB823857F3B78D6026FD5F" lastPageId="36" lastPageNumber="166" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" type="discussion">
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<heading id="D0AD2631FFAB823E57F3B78D6446FB04" bold="true" box="[189,303,1177,1203]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E57F3B78D6446FB04" bold="true" box="[189,303,1177,1203]" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">Remarks</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5915DFFAB823E57F3B7D3612CFA25" blockId="34.[188,1399,1223,1426]" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E57F3B7D364FEFB56" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[189,407,1223,1249]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E57F3B7D364FEFB56" box="[189,407,1223,1249]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">Ophioderma bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21DF034FFAB823E56EFB7DC6769FB55" box="[417,512,1224,1250]" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is another species that was previously hidden within
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E53ECB7DC6068FB56" box="[1186,1281,1224,1250]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. teres</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Material of this new species in scientific collections dates back to 1888, but it was often identified as
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E5257B7FF601FFAB3" baseAuthorityName="H. L. Clark" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[1305,1398,1259,1285]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="teres">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E5257B7FF601FFAB3" box="[1305,1398,1259,1285]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. teres</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFCBECACFFAB823E5789B619676DFA9F" author="Steinbeck &amp; Ricketts" box="[199,516,1293,1320]" firstAuthor="Steinbeck" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" refId="ref26778" refString="Steinbeck J. &amp; Ricketts E. F. 1941. Sea of Cortez. A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research. Viking Press, New York." type="book" year="1941">Steinbeck &amp; Ricketts 1941</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFCBECACFFAB823E55BAB61A669CFA9F" author="Brusca &amp; Smith" box="[756,1013,1293,1320]" firstAuthor="Brusca" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" pagination="304 - 343" refId="ref24343" refString="Brusca R. C. &amp; Smith C. R. 1973. Echinodermata (Starfish, etc.). In: Brusca R. C. (ed.) A Handbook to the Common Intertidal Invertebrates of the Gulf of California: 304 - 343. University of Arizona Press, Tucson." type="book chapter" year="1973">Brusca &amp; Smith 1973</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
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). Remarkably,
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noted that certain “uniform brown” specimens from the northern Mexican Pacific did not match
<bibRefCitation id="EFCBECACFFAB823E55D6B640663BFAD9" author="Lyman's" box="[664,850,1364,1390]" firstAuthor="Lyman's" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" pagination="193 - 204" refId="ref25910" refString="Lyman T. 1860. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae, belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 193 - 204, 252 - 262. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 4822" type="journal article" year="1860">Lymans (1860)</bibRefCitation>
description of
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E534CB6406137FAD9" box="[1026,1118,1364,1390]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. teres</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; still, he interpreted the differences as intraspecific variations. Those specimens belonged to
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E54AEB66C6156FA26" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[992,1087,1399,1426]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E54AEB66C6156FA26" box="[992,1087,1399,1426]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5915DFFAB823E57F3B6AC6480F911" blockId="34.[189,1399,1464,1702]" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E57F3B6AC64F1FA65" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[189,408,1464,1490]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E57F3B6AC64F1FA65" box="[189,408,1464,1490]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">Ophioderma bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21DF034FFAB823E56EDB6AD6768FA64" box="[419,513,1465,1491]" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E55C3B6AD6784FA65" baseAuthorityName="H. L. Clark" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[653,749,1465,1491]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="teres">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E55C3B6AD6784FA65" box="[653,749,1465,1491]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. teres</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having covered adoral shields and divided DAPs. However, they differ in the following characters: 1) radial shields always covered in
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E538EB6C8604BFA41" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[1216,1314,1500,1526]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E538EB6C8604BFA41" box="[1216,1314,1500,1526]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
versus radial shields either covered or naked in
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E55E3B6EB6665F9AE" baseAuthorityName="H. L. Clark" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[685,780,1535,1561]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="teres">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E55E3B6EB6665F9AE" box="[685,780,1535,1561]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. teres</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 2) section between the arm and distal genital slits only with granule-bearing scales in
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E552BB53767ADF98B" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[613,708,1570,1597]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E552BB53767ADF98B" box="[613,708,1570,1597]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and with naked and granule-bearing scales in
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E53BCB5376027F98B" baseAuthorityName="H. L. Clark" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[1266,1358,1571,1597]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="teres">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E53BCB5376027F98B" box="[1266,1358,1571,1597]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. teres</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 3) coloration uniform brown in
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E555DB552671BF9E8" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[531,626,1605,1632]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E555DB552671BF9E8" box="[531,626,1605,1632]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
versus disc and arms brown speckled with cream in
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E53AEB5526055F9E8" baseAuthorityName="H. L. Clark" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[1248,1340,1606,1632]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="teres">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E53AEB5526055F9E8" box="[1248,1340,1606,1632]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. teres</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; and 4)
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E5790B57D6457F935" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[222,318,1640,1667]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E5790B57D6457F935" box="[222,318,1640,1667]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distributed in the nort hern Mexican Pacific, and
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E54E5B57D6161F935" baseAuthorityName="H. L. Clark" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[939,1032,1641,1667]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="teres">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E54E5B57D6161F935" box="[939,1032,1641,1667]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. teres</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is mainly found on the Pacific coast of Central America.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5915DFFAB823857F3B5D96061FE3B" blockId="34.[188,1399,1741,2014]" lastBlockId="36.[189,1399,265,397]" lastPageId="36" lastPageNumber="166" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">
Other species with which
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E56A5B5DA6720F950" box="[491,585,1741,1768]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21DF034FFAB823E551EB5DA67C3F95F" box="[592,682,1742,1768]" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
might be mistaken are
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E54F7B5DA6120F950" box="[953,1097,1741,1768]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. occultum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E53CFB5DA606EF950" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="H. L. Clark" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[1153,1287,1741,1768]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="unicolor" status="stat. nov.">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E53CFB5DA606EF950" box="[1153,1287,1741,1768]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. unicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21DF034FFAB823E5240B5DA601EF95F" box="[1294,1399,1742,1768]" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">stat. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
In the collections,
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E56D6B5E56491F8BD" box="[408,504,1776,1803]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was frequently found alongside
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E5434B5E56163F8BD" box="[890,1034,1776,1803]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. occultum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although in lower abundance: a specimen of
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E563EB40064BBF899" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[368,466,1812,1838]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E563EB40064BBF899" box="[368,466,1812,1838]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for every 2
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of
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E5471B40066BBF899" box="[831,978,1812,1838]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. occultum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. These species share their covered radial and adoral shields, divided DAPs, and are distributed in the same areas (Gulf of
<collectingRegion id="499E5FBFFFAB823E5382B423602AF8E6" box="[1228,1347,1847,1873]" country="United States of America" name="California" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">California</collectingRegion>
and Revillagigedo Islands). Nevertheless, they differ in two important characters: 1)
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAB823E533AB44E61BAF8C3" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[1140,1235,1882,1908]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="34" pageNumber="164" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E533AB44E61BAF8C3" box="[1140,1235,1882,1908]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
only presents granule-bearing scales in the section between the arm and the distal genital slits, while
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E53AAB46A601EF820" box="[1252,1399,1917,1944]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. occultum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
presents naked and granule-bearing scales, and 2)
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E545FB4B56618F80D" box="[785,881,1952,1979]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
presents a uniform brown coloration, while
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAB823E57F0B4D06424F869" box="[190,333,1988,2014]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="164">O. occultum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has banded arms and paired white blotches in the median and distal arm sections (
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Humara-Gil
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD823857A7B21E644DFE94" box="[233,292,265,291]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">et al.</emphasis>
2022
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). These characters can change in young specimens, making their differentiation difficult. In such cases, the most reliable character to differentiate both is the banding in the arms of
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD823853AEB2396006FEF1" box="[1248,1391,300,327]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. occultum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is never present in
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD823856A5B2446723FEDE" box="[491,586,335,362]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. bichi</emphasis>
(
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Humara-Gil
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD823855BEB2446642FEDE" box="[752,811,335,361]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">et al.</emphasis>
2022
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)
</taxonomicName>
. Regarding the confusion between
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<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD82385256B244601EFEDE" box="[1304,1399,335,362]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAD823857A1B267641FFE3B" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="H. L. Clark" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[239,374,370,397]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="unicolor">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD823857A1B267641FFE3B" box="[239,374,370,397]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. unicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the differences between both are indicated above (see
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAD823854B1B26761EFFE3B" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="H. L. Clark" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[1023,1158,370,397]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="unicolor">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD823854B1B26761EFFE3B" box="[1023,1158,370,397]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. unicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Remarks).
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF25C1D5FFAA823F57F3B47064E6F85F" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310047" ID-Zenodo-Dep="13310047" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13310047/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="165" startId="35.[189,232,1892,1918]" targetBox="[287,1301,265,1849]" targetPageId="35">
<paragraph id="8BE5915DFFAA823F57F3B47064E6F85F" blockId="35.[188,1399,1892,2024]" pageId="35" pageNumber="165">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAA823F57F3B4706470F8C8" bold="true" box="[189,281,1892,1919]" pageId="35" pageNumber="165">Fig. 12.</emphasis>
Photographs of the species in situ.
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAA823F55FEB47067ACF8C9" bold="true" box="[688,709,1892,1918]" pageId="35" pageNumber="165">A</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAA823F559DB4716130F8C8" authority="(Lyman, 1860)" authorityName="" baseAuthorityName="Lyman" baseAuthorityYear="1860" box="[723,1113,1893,1919]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="35" pageNumber="165" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="teres">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAA823F559DB47166CFF8C8" box="[723,934,1893,1919]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="165">Ophioderma teres</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFCBECACFFAA823F54FAB4716138F8C8" author="Lyman" box="[948,1105,1893,1919]" firstAuthor="Lyman" pageId="35" pageNumber="165" pagination="193 - 204" refId="ref25910" refString="Lyman T. 1860. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae, belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 193 - 204, 252 - 262. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 4822" type="journal article" year="1860">Lyman, 1860</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
(Bajo Rojo, Costa Rica) (photograph: Steven Lara-Angulo).
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAA823F5522B49C67E9F815" bold="true" box="[620,640,1928,1954]" pageId="35" pageNumber="165">B</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAA823F55DFB49C6634F815" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[657,861,1928,1954]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="35" pageNumber="165" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="aija" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAA823F55DFB49C6634F815" box="[657,861,1928,1954]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="165">Ophioderma aija</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21DF034FFAA823F5429B49C66ACF815" box="[871,965,1928,1954]" pageId="35" pageNumber="165" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(Estacahuite, Mexico) (photograph: Francisco Benítez-Villalobos).
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAA823F557EB4BF672CF872" bold="true" box="[560,581,1963,1989]" pageId="35" pageNumber="165">C</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAA823F5518B4BF6659F872" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[598,816,1963,1989]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="35" pageNumber="165" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAA823F5518B4BF6659F872" box="[598,816,1963,1989]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="165">Ophioderma bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21DF034FFAA823F5477B4B866FFF871" box="[825,918,1964,1990]" pageId="35" pageNumber="165" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(Puerto Peñasco, Mexico) (photograph: Paloma Valdivia).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BE5915DFFAD823857F3B2A06026FD5F" blockId="36.[189,1400,436,744]" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">
A relevant variation in
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAD8238569EB2A06759FE79" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[464,560,436,462]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD8238569EB2A06759FE79" box="[464,560,436,462]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21DF034FFAD82385576B2A167FDFE78" box="[568,660,437,463]" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
was observed in its coloration. Although all but
<specimenCount id="9D5C5AD4FFAD82385398B2A16011FE79" box="[1238,1400,436,463]" count="1" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" type="generic">one specimen</specimenCount>
had a uniform brown coloration on the dorsal side, there were differences in the ventral coloration of the disc, which could be either uniform brown (n = 36) or with clusters of white granules (n = 18). This variation appears to be associated with age, as younger (= smaller) specimens exhibited white granules more frequently (see
<typeStatus id="54E12FFFFFAD8238568EB155674EFDEC" box="[448,551,577,603]" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
and non-type variations). An age-related coloration in
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAD8238538CB155604AFDEC" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[1218,1315,577,603]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD8238538CB155604AFDEC" box="[1218,1315,577,603]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
would not be uncommon, as changes in the coloration of juveniles have been documented in other species of
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAD82385791B193641AFD16" authorityName="Muller &amp; Troschel" authorityYear="1840" box="[223,371,647,673]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD82385791B193641AFD16" box="[223,371,647,673]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">Ophioderma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAD823856A9B19C6710FD16" authorityName="Muller &amp; Troschel" authorityYear="1842" box="[487,633,648,674]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="cinereum">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD823856A9B19C6710FD16" box="[487,633,648,674]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. cinereum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAD823855C5B19C6674FD16" box="[651,797,647,674]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="occultum">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD823855C5B19C6674FD16" box="[651,797,647,674]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. occultum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAD8238542CB19C6164FD16" box="[866,1037,648,674]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="panamense">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD8238542CB19C6164FD16" box="[866,1037,648,674]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. panamense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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Hendler
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD823853C7B19C61AFFD16" box="[1161,1222,647,673]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">et al.</emphasis>
1995
</bibRefCitation>
;
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Granja-Fernández
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD82385671B1BF641AFD73" box="[319,371,682,708]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">et al</emphasis>
. 2014
</bibRefCitation>
;
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Humara-Gil
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD8238552DB1BF67FFFD73" box="[611,662,682,708]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">et al</emphasis>
. 2022
</bibRefCitation>
). Further investigation of
<taxonomicName id="4C5AEADEFFAD82385359B1BF611EFD73" authorityName="Humara-Gil &amp; Granja-Fernández &amp; Bautista-Guerrero &amp; Solís-Marín &amp; Rodríguez-Troncoso" authorityYear="2024" box="[1047,1143,682,709]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiodermatidae" genus="Ophioderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiacanthida" pageId="36" pageNumber="166" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="bichi">
<emphasis id="B92E4D4FFFAD82385359B1BF611EFD73" box="[1047,1143,682,709]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="166">O. bichi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens of various sizes is necessary to corroborate whether this variation is indeed related to the developmental stage.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>