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Saba
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2002
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: 58
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: 251 (as
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF83FFAFD3B88866EF06746B" box="[415,527,1334,1355]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">N. cumingi</emphasis>
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?
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: 276 (as
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)
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, Kushimoto,
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,
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,
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(
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF83FFAFD2E088EAEC4674F3" bold="true" box="[199,335,1466,1491]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Comments.</emphasis>
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Oguro and
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(1986)
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described this species from the collection of the
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but did not provide much more collection information beyond the general locality.
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on observations from field guides (e.g.
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF83FFAFD05F8B53EFBA773B" box="[632,691,1539,1563]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">et al.</emphasis>
2002
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) it is inferred that this species generally occurs at
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depth (
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)
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.
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Although the
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series of
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF83FFAFD04E8B77EFE2771E" box="[617,747,1575,1598]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">N. japonica</emphasis>
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is published as being deposited at
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University (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB2AEAFF83FFAFD7748B77EC8B7743" author="Oguro" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" refString="Oguro, C., Misaki, H. (1986) A new sea - star, Neoferdina japonica, from Japan. Proceedings of the Japan Society of Systematic Zoology, 34, 60 - 64." type="journal article" year="1986">Oguro and Misaki 1986: 60</bibRefCitation>
) inquiries indicate that the asteroid
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collection is no longer stored there and the status of these specimens is uncertain.
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</paragraph>
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and Fujita (2006: 276)
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described a specimen of
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF83FFAFD1038BC3EEA8778B" box="[804,929,1683,1707]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Neoferdina</emphasis>
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from the Sagami Sea in central
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which displayed an abactinal surface “densely covered by fine granules without bare areas” with small, similarly sized abactinal plates but which also lacked bare spots on the first superomarginals in each interradius. Although there is overlap with other species, all three characters are observed in
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF83FFAFD1538BAFEEF37636" box="[884,1018,1791,1814]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">N. japonica</emphasis>
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(as described by
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) suggesting that the
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF83FFAFD39F8A73EF76761B" box="[440,639,1827,1851]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Neoferdina offreti</emphasis>
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in
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and Fujita (2006)
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is possibly
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF83FFAFD60F8A73E9A2761A" box="[1064,1195,1827,1850]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">N. japonica</emphasis>
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.
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One specimen from the Philippines (CASIZ 27279) displays the characteristic absent bald regions on the paired interradial superomarginal plates as well as numerous convex plates covered by granular tegument. However, the specimen differs from specimens described by
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, which displayed bald convex plates on the abactinal surface. CASIZ 27279 was relatively large (R=
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) and displayed arms which were thick and triangular in outline, suggesting
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<emphasis id="B94E8B09FF83FFAFD0F48A86EEB776CE" box="[723,958,2006,2030]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Neoferdina gigantea</emphasis>
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, which is possibly synonymous with
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. Transverse series in this specimen are weakly developed as were the convex plates suggesting this specimen also displays some intermediate characters with
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.
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Gosliner,
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; 1 wet spec. R=4.8, r=1.3.
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