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<emphasis id="34B90809F36A5E233FD3590E41E9FA6C" bold="true" box="[151,438,1399,1425]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Amphiophiura confecta</emphasis>
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AI
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<emphasis id="34B90809F36A5E233FD3599B4131FA05" box="[151,366,1506,1528]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Stegophiura confecta</emphasis>
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, pl. 19 figs 1, 2; Guille 1981: 449, pl. 8 fig. 46.
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210, fig. 2. [new synonymy]
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<emphasis id="34B90809F36A5E233FD35A3A4159F9A1" bold="true" box="[151,262,1603,1628]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Material.</emphasis>
Sta. 1461: 2 spms; sta. DW1650: 1 spm, sta. DW1650C: 2.
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<emphasis id="34B90809F36A5E233F835A1E4107F97D" bold="true" box="[199,344,1639,1664]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Description.</emphasis>
In a specimen of
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dd, disk high, dorsally covered by few large plates, among which the primary rosette is prominent, occupying most of the disk surface. Radial primary plates abut oval, contiguous radial shields. In each interradius a pentagonal proximal plate abutting two adjacent radial primaries, a smaller rectangular plate distally and a row of three smaller plates at the disk edge, the middle of them square, the left and right plate with convex sides. Radial shields slightly domed, robust, stereom with rough surface with large pores. Arm comb well developed, with spiniform papillae. Dorsal arm plates fan shaped, wider than long, contiguous, first plate overlapped by radial shields, microstructure finely porous. Lateral arm plates thick, protruding from arm, their microstructure similar to the radial shields. Arm spines three, two dorsal ones widely separated from each other, with wide base, abruptly constricted into an elongated point. Ventral spine conical, close to the single leaflike tentacle scale, both at the edge of the pore. All spines half as long as an arm joint. Spine articulation a large round hole with smooth patch at one edge.
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<emphasis id="34B90809F3655E2C3FD35A924140F8FC" bold="true" box="[151,287,1771,1794]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
SEM images, AI,
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. A, dorsal aspect; B, interadial disk dorsolateral aspect; C, dorsal arm; D, lateral arm; E, ventral aspect; F, oral details; G, ventral arm; H, arm spine articulation on lateral plate; I, dorsal arm spine. J O,
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. J, dorsal aspect; K, dorsal arm, L, ventral aspect; M, oral details; N, ventral arm; O, arm lateral aspect. Scale bars in millimetre.
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<paragraph id="0672D41BF3655E2D3F835BF24302FEC2" blockId="24.[151,1436,1930,2026]" lastBlockId="25.[151,1436,151,932]" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="26" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Jaws with single small pointed apical papilla, a small round infradental papilla to either side of the dental plate, three to four wider than high, scale-like lateral papillae at oral plate. Second tentacle pore superficial, encircled by low wide scales, two along adoral shield, two on first ventral plate. Oral shield elongated drop-shaped, occupying two thirds of interradial space. Distal to it two smaller triangular plates and a large pentagonal plate, abutting the three interradial plates at the disk edge. These ventral interradial plates and distal edge of oral shield with transverse grooves. Bursal slits extend from adoral shields to disk edge, lined with large genital plate, bearing a row of spiniform papillae. Ventral arm plates tumid, wider than long, with proximal angle, distal edge convex, separated, on joint 3 and 4 with transverse grooves, farther out with holes.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="34B90809F3645E2D3F835D354164FE99" bold="true" box="[199,315,332,356]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Remarks.</emphasis>
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is characterized by a high dorsal disk, covered with relatively few large scales among which the primary plates are clearly distinguishable, the presence of an arm comb, and stout, short arms. In these characters it is similar to
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and the boundaries between both genera are ill-defined. The difference between them is supposed to be in that the arms are widened at the base and tapering more rapidly in
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<emphasis id="34B90809F3645E2D3A505DC145C3FE2D" box="[1300,1436,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Stegophiura</emphasis>
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than in
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<emphasis id="34B90809F3645E2D3FAB5DA541CEFE09" box="[239,401,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Amphiophiura</emphasis>
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. However, this character varies between the species placed in both genera (
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) and already
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remarked on the possible overlap between certain species placed in either genus. A more useful distinction appears to be the presence of two
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of arm spines in
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<emphasis id="34B90809F3645E2D3B675E5D44F4FDC1" box="[1059,1195,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Stegophiura</emphasis>
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, where in addition to regular spines a fringe of numerous small spines can be found along the dorsal part of the lateral plate edge. Since these secondary spines are lacking in
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.
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I propose to transfer it to
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. A revision of these genera is obviously needed.
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According to the images of the
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),
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.
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is conspecific with
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.
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.
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commented, there is also some similarity with
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.
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(
<bibRefCitation id="625CA9EAF3645E2D3B675EAE4492FD12" author="Koehler" box="[1059,1229,727,751]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" refString="Koehler, R. (1904) Ophiures de l'expedition du Siboga. Part 1. Ophiures de mer profonde. E. J. Brill, Leiden." type="book" year="1904">Koehler, 1904</bibRefCitation>
)
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, but that species reaches twice the size of
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<emphasis id="34B90809F3645E2D3EFC5E854196FCE9" box="[440,457,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A</emphasis>
.
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and has more dorsal disk scales, which create a different pattern at the disk edge.
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<emphasis id="34B90809F3645E2D3F9F5F594185FCC5" box="[219,474,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Amphiophiura laudata</emphasis>
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is of similar size to
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<emphasis id="34B90809F3645E2D3C345F5943DEFCC5" box="[880,897,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A</emphasis>
.
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, but has an additional circle of plates between primaries and radial shields and more plates on the ventral interradius.
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locality is Banda,
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, at
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(
<bibRefCitation id="625CA9EAF3645E2D3C235F1E4458FC82" author="Koehler" box="[871,1031,871,895]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" refString="Koehler, R. (1930) Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914 - 16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening, 89, 1 - 295." type="journal article" year="1930">Koehler 1930</bibRefCitation>
). At Lifou the species was found at
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and it is a new record for
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.
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