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Lyman, 1879: 66-67, fig. 17, figs 466-469; 1882: 277, fig. 22, figs 13-15;
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: 22;
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: 21-22, fig. 6;
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: 85, fig. 1A, B; 2019: 51-52, fig. 24-25.
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Disc diameter 10 mm, length of arms 145 mm (Fig.
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Disc flat, strongly raised above arms (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14A, B</figureCitation>
). Disc covered by thin skin with fine, small, rounded granular ossicles, dense in center (seven or eight grains in 1 mm), but separated at distal edge (six or seven grains in 1 mm) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14C, D</figureCitation>
). Radial shields long, narrow, widely separated distally, convergent proximally, meeting in disc center (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14C</figureCitation>
). Genital slits narrow, and vertical on ventral interradii (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14E</figureCitation>
). Jaws elongated, covered with granular ossicles but near apex fewer granular ossicles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14E</figureCitation>
). Flattened, spearhead-shaped teeth and granular ossicles that resemble lateral oral papillae at apex of jaw (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14E</figureCitation>
). Ventral disc covered with granular ossicles similar to dorsal disc (six or seven grains in 1 mm), slightly separated (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14E</figureCitation>
). Adoral shields large, connected to first ventral arm segment, concealed by thin skin with granular ossicles, but plate outline visible (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14E</figureCitation>
). Oral shields not discernible and adoral shield spine covered with ossicles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14E</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">Figure 14.</emphasis>
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ventral arm (distal)
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arm spines (middle)
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arm spines (distal). Abbreviations:
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(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">D, I, L</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">Arms</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Arms sub-cylindrical, not swollen, narrower and more cylindrical in distal half of arm (Fig.
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). Dorsal and lateral arm base covered with granular ossicles similar to disc (six or seven grains in 1 mm), on middle segments granular coverage similar to arm base (six or seven grains in 1 mm), and distally decreasing in size and widely separated (grains six or eight in 1 mm) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14F, G</figureCitation>
). On lateral arm plate, granular ossicles continue toward base of arm spine (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14G, J</figureCitation>
). Ventral surface of arm base covered with granular ossicles similar to ventral disc but less dense (six or seven grains in 1 mm), widely separated and decreasing in size to naked at middle to distal end of arm (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14H, I</figureCitation>
). First tentacle pore without arm spine (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14E</figureCitation>
). First arm spine appears at second arm segment, second arm spine at fifteenth or nineteenth segment. Inner arm spine cylindrical, one arm segment in length, flattened, with blunt, thorny tip, slightly club-shaped (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14J, K</figureCitation>
). Outer arm spine half as long as inner, with thorny tip (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14K</figureCitation>
). Both arm spines equal in length at distal end of arm, and turning into compound hook with 3-5 secondary teeth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal disc D skin on the arm E ventral disc F dorsal arm (proximal) G lateral arm (middle) H ventral arm (proximal) I ventral arm (distal) J outer arm spine (proximal) K arm spines (middle) L arm spines (distal). Abbreviations: as adoral shield, ass adoral shield spine, ars arm spine, go granular ossicle, gs genital slit, iars inner arm spine, j jaw, oars outer arm spine, ots oral tentacle scale, rs radial shield, t teeth, tp tentacle pore. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, E-H); 500 µm (J, K); 200 µm (D, I, L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665890" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">14L</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">Color</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
In ethanol, pink but when dried, dull brown to whitish (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="161" type="ossicle morphology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="161">Ossicle morphology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="161">
Lateral arm plate with two arm spine articular structures, with two large muscle and nerve openings (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A lateral arm plate B outer arm spine (middle) C inner arm spine (middle) D arm spine (distal) E skin from dorsal arm base (granular ossicles) F-J vertebrae F proximal view G distal view H lateral view I dorsal view J ventral view. Abbreviations: d dorsal, dist distal, lac lateral ambulacral canals, mo muscle opening, no nerve opening, pb podial basin, prox proximal, st secondary teeth, v ventral. Scale bars: 800 µm (B, F-J); 300 µm (A, C, E); 100 µm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665891" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">15A</figureCitation>
). Inner arm spine at proximal and middle half of arm cylindrical, with thorny tip (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A lateral arm plate B outer arm spine (middle) C inner arm spine (middle) D arm spine (distal) E skin from dorsal arm base (granular ossicles) F-J vertebrae F proximal view G distal view H lateral view I dorsal view J ventral view. Abbreviations: d dorsal, dist distal, lac lateral ambulacral canals, mo muscle opening, no nerve opening, pb podial basin, prox proximal, st secondary teeth, v ventral. Scale bars: 800 µm (B, F-J); 300 µm (A, C, E); 100 µm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665891" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">15B</figureCitation>
). Outer arm spine cylindrical with pointed tip (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A lateral arm plate B outer arm spine (middle) C inner arm spine (middle) D arm spine (distal) E skin from dorsal arm base (granular ossicles) F-J vertebrae F proximal view G distal view H lateral view I dorsal view J ventral view. Abbreviations: d dorsal, dist distal, lac lateral ambulacral canals, mo muscle opening, no nerve opening, pb podial basin, prox proximal, st secondary teeth, v ventral. Scale bars: 800 µm (B, F-J); 300 µm (A, C, E); 100 µm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665891" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">15C</figureCitation>
). Distally arm spine turns into compound hook with secondary teeth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A lateral arm plate B outer arm spine (middle) C inner arm spine (middle) D arm spine (distal) E skin from dorsal arm base (granular ossicles) F-J vertebrae F proximal view G distal view H lateral view I dorsal view J ventral view. Abbreviations: d dorsal, dist distal, lac lateral ambulacral canals, mo muscle opening, no nerve opening, pb podial basin, prox proximal, st secondary teeth, v ventral. Scale bars: 800 µm (B, F-J); 300 µm (A, C, E); 100 µm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665891" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">15D</figureCitation>
). Arm and disc concealed by wider polygonal to rounded granular ossicles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A lateral arm plate B outer arm spine (middle) C inner arm spine (middle) D arm spine (distal) E skin from dorsal arm base (granular ossicles) F-J vertebrae F proximal view G distal view H lateral view I dorsal view J ventral view. Abbreviations: d dorsal, dist distal, lac lateral ambulacral canals, mo muscle opening, no nerve opening, pb podial basin, prox proximal, st secondary teeth, v ventral. Scale bars: 800 µm (B, F-J); 300 µm (A, C, E); 100 µm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665891" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">15E</figureCitation>
). Vertebrae with streptospondylous articulation, dorsally a median longitudinal furrow, ventrally with deep median longitudinal groove with lateral ambulacral canals, no oral bridge, podial basins relatively small (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW 0082) A lateral arm plate B outer arm spine (middle) C inner arm spine (middle) D arm spine (distal) E skin from dorsal arm base (granular ossicles) F-J vertebrae F proximal view G distal view H lateral view I dorsal view J ventral view. Abbreviations: d dorsal, dist distal, lac lateral ambulacral canals, mo muscle opening, no nerve opening, pb podial basin, prox proximal, st secondary teeth, v ventral. Scale bars: 800 µm (B, F-J); 300 µm (A, C, E); 100 µm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/665891" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">15F-J</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">Figure 15.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">Asteroschema salix</emphasis>
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Lyman, 1879 (IDSSE-EEB-SW0082)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A</emphasis>
lateral arm plate
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">B</emphasis>
outer arm spine (middle)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">C</emphasis>
inner arm spine (middle)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">D</emphasis>
arm spine (distal)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">E</emphasis>
skin from dorsal arm base (granular ossicles)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">F-J</emphasis>
vertebrae
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">F</emphasis>
proximal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">G</emphasis>
distal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">H</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">I</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">J</emphasis>
ventral view. Abbreviations:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">d</emphasis>
dorsal,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">dist</emphasis>
distal,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">lac</emphasis>
lateral ambulacral canals,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">mo</emphasis>
muscle opening,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">no</emphasis>
nerve opening,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">pb</emphasis>
podial basin,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">prox</emphasis>
proximal,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">st</emphasis>
secondary teeth,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">v</emphasis>
ventral. Scale bars: 800
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(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">B, F-J</emphasis>
); 300
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A, C, E</emphasis>
); 100
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="161">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="161">341-1800 m depth. New Zealand, Tasman Sea, Kermadec Islands, Bay of Plenty, Solomon Island, Coral Sea, Timor Sea, South Africa (off Glenmore), the South China Sea.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="161" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="161">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="161">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">Asteroschema salix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was first described by
<bibRefCitation author="Lyman, T" journalOrPublisher="&quot; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" publicationUrl="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674page/27/mode/1up" refId="B42" refString="Lyman, T, 1879. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674page/27/mode/1up" url="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674page/27/mode/1up" year="1879">Lyman (1879)</bibRefCitation>
, then redescribed by
<bibRefCitation author="Lyman, T" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Scientific Reports. Results voy. H. M. S. &quot; Challenger &quot;" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" refId="B43" refString="Lyman, T, 1882. Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Scientific Reports. Results voy. H.M.S. &quot;Challenger&quot;" title="Ophiuroidea." year="1882">Lyman (1882)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1980.10423763" author="Baker, AN" journalOrPublisher="New Zealand Journal of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" pagination="11 - 83" refId="B2" refString="Baker, AN, 1980. Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 11 - 83, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1980.10423763" title="Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1980.10423763" volume="7" year="1980">Baker (1980)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="McKnight, DG" journalOrPublisher="NIWA N Biodiversity Memoir, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" pagination="1 - 79" refId="B51" refString="McKnight, DG, 2000. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Basket-stars and Snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida). NIWA N Biodiversity Memoir, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington 115: 1 - 79" title="The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Basket-stars and Snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida)." volume="115" year="2000">McKnight (2000)</bibRefCitation>
, and
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.17159/2305-7963/2015/v11n1a3" author="Olbers, JM" journalOrPublisher="African Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" pagination="83 - 116" refId="B65" refString="Olbers, JM, Samyn, Y, Griffiths, CL, 2015. New or notable records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from South Africa. African Natural History 11: 83 - 116, DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/2305-7963/2015/v11n1a3" title="New or notable records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from South Africa." url="https://doi.org/10.17159/2305-7963/2015/v11n1a3" volume="11" year="2015">Olbers et al. (2015)</bibRefCitation>
. These redescriptions are useful to understand individual morphological character variation of
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. salix" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" rank="species" species="salix">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A. salix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Specimens from our collection concur with previous redescriptions, but we noticed some variation such as: slightly separated granular ossicles on the disc, fewer granular ossicles on the ventral arm surface, and slightly longer arms. However, most of these morphological variations vary within individual specimens according to previous descriptions (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1980.10423763" author="Baker, AN" journalOrPublisher="New Zealand Journal of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" pagination="11 - 83" refId="B2" refString="Baker, AN, 1980. Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 11 - 83, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1980.10423763" title="Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1980.10423763" volume="7" year="1980">Baker 1980</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="McKnight, DG" journalOrPublisher="NIWA N Biodiversity Memoir, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" pagination="1 - 79" refId="B51" refString="McKnight, DG, 2000. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Basket-stars and Snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida). NIWA N Biodiversity Memoir, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington 115: 1 - 79" title="The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Basket-stars and Snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida)." volume="115" year="2000">McKnight 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">Asteroschema salix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
strongly resembles
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. tubiferum" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" rank="species" species="tubiferum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A. tubiferum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. rubrum" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" rank="species" species="rubrum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A. rubrum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. laeve" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" rank="species" species="laeve">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A. laeve</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. inoratum" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" rank="species" species="inoratum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A. inoratum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. arenosum" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" rank="species" species="arenosum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A. arenosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. glaucum" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" rank="species" species="glaucum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A. glaucum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but the characters of granulations and ossicle shape on the disc and arm, radial shield, and inner arm spine can be used to delimit
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. salix" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" rank="species" species="salix">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A. salix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from these species (Table
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). Previously,
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. salix" pageId="0" pageNumber="161" rank="species" species="salix">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="161">A. salix</emphasis>
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had been recorded from the South Pacific Ocean, and South African waters at a wide distribution range. This is the first record from the South China Sea.
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