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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FF1AFCBAFE86FCCE" bold="true" box="[151,281,811,837]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiolepis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FF1AFCFCFEBAFC08" bold="true" box="[151,293,877,899]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Type species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FEA6FCFCFE6CFC08" box="[299,499,877,899]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiolepis superba</emphasis>
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(see Pineda-Enríquez
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(in press) for background of this name)
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Arms
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number, not branching; disc covered by scales; larger disc scales surrounded by smaller scales on aboral surface; lacking arm combs; 2nd tentacle pore opening inside of oral slits; supplementary arm plates beside laterally to each dorsal and sometimes ventral arm plates.
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FF4AFB8DFEA4FBBE" bold="true" box="[199,315,1052,1077]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FECFFB8DFE22FBBF" box="[322,445,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiolepis</emphasis>
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is morphologically related to
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FC9DFB8DFC38FBBF" box="[784,935,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiozonella</emphasis>
(
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)
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. These genera were previously in the family
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;
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was polyphyletic and split across
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and Hemieuryaldae Verrill, 1899 as a result of a molecular phylogenomic study (OHara
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FC11FBF4FC4AFBF7" box="[924,981,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">et al.</emphasis>
2017).
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FBA6FBF5FB5DFBF7" box="[1067,1218,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiozonella</emphasis>
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species with 1 or 2 arm spines were in the
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and species with more than 3 arm spines were in the
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.
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FF1AFB3DFE35FB4F" box="[151,426,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiozonella cavernalis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FE3CFB3DFE6FFB4E" bold="true" box="[433,496,1196,1221]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">n. sp.</emphasis>
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should belong to the latter family because it has 3 arm spines (
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).
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(
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)
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, which is the
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species of
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<taxonomicName id="4C3A67DAFFC13400FB9AFB41FB2EFB63" baseAuthorityName="Stohr" baseAuthorityYear="2011" box="[1047,1201,1232,1256]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiolepididae" genus="Ophiozonella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">Ophiozonella</taxonomicName>
,
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was included in the
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Hemieuryalidae (OHara
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FE3BFB64FE70FA87" box="[438,495,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">et al.</emphasis>
2017)
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, therefore a new genus should be established for the
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species in the
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, with more than 3 arm spines. However, we refrain from establishing the new genus because we did not take into account all species of
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in this study and any DNA sequences of
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FB30FAADFACAFADF" box="[1213,1365,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">O. cavernalis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FAD1FAADFA03FADE" bold="true" box="[1372,1436,1340,1365]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">n. sp.</emphasis>
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have not obtained. In this study, we refer the
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of
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to
<taxonomicName id="4C3A67DAFFC13400FB91FAF1FB2CFAF3" authority="Okanishi &amp; Fujita, 2018" authorityName="Okanishi &amp; Fujita" authorityYear="2018" box="[1052,1203,1376,1400]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiolepididae" genus="Ophiozonella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FB91FAF1FB2CFAF3" box="[1052,1203,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiozonella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27D7D30FFC13400FB37FAF1FB6BFAFC" box="[1210,1268,1376,1399]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B851C59FFC13400FF4AFA14FD33F9FF" blockId="2.[151,1437,943,1725]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
For the purposes of this study, we compare and contrast
<taxonomicName id="4C3A67DAFFC13400FCE2FA15FC75FA17" authority="Okanishi &amp; Fujita, 2018" authorityName="Okanishi &amp; Fujita" authorityYear="2018" box="[879,1002,1412,1436]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiolepididae" genus="Ophiolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FCE2FA15FC75FA17" box="[879,1002,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3A67DAFFC13400FBA7FA15FB5EFA17" authority="Okanishi &amp; Fujita, 2018" authorityName="Okanishi &amp; Fujita" authorityYear="2018" box="[1066,1217,1412,1436]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiolepididae" genus="Ophiozonella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FBA7FA15FB5EFA17" box="[1066,1217,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiozonella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27D7D30FFC13400FB40FA14FA92FA17" box="[1229,1293,1413,1436]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in terms of morphology. Main taxonomic characters of
<taxonomicName id="4C3A67DAFFC13400FD05FA39FC9CFA4B" authority="Okanishi &amp; Fujita, 2018" authorityName="Okanishi &amp; Fujita" authorityYear="2018" box="[648,771,1448,1472]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiolepididae" genus="Ophiolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FD05FA39FC9CFA4B" box="[648,771,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3A67DAFFC13400FCB6FA39FC4DFA4B" authority="Okanishi &amp; Fujita, 2018" authorityName="Okanishi &amp; Fujita" authorityYear="2018" box="[827,978,1448,1472]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiolepididae" genus="Ophiozonella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FCB6FA39FC4DFA4B" box="[827,978,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiozonella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27D7D30FFC13400FC57FA39FB89FA34" box="[986,1046,1448,1471]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
are as follows: On the aboral disc surface, larger scales are surrounded by smaller scales in
<taxonomicName id="4C3A67DAFFC13400FCA8FA5DFC3FFA6F" authorityName="Okanishi &amp; Fujita" authorityYear="2018" box="[805,928,1484,1508]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiolepididae" genus="Ophiolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FCA8FA5DFC3FFA6F" box="[805,928,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while the disc scales of
<taxonomicName id="4C3A67DAFFC13400FB4CFA5DFAC7FA6F" authority="Okanishi &amp; Fujita, 2018" authorityName="Okanishi &amp; Fujita" authorityYear="2018" box="[1217,1368,1484,1508]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiolepididae" genus="Ophiozonella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FB4CFA5DFAC7FA6F" box="[1217,1368,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiozonella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27D7D30FFC13400FAEDFA5CFA03FA6F" box="[1376,1436,1485,1508]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
are almost uniform in size.
<taxonomicName id="4C3A67DAFFC13400FE59FA61FDD0F983" authorityName="Okanishi &amp; Fujita" authorityYear="2018" box="[468,591,1520,1544]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiolepididae" genus="Ophiolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FE59FA61FDD0F983" box="[468,591,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has supplementary plates on the lateral side of the dorsal plates, whereas
<taxonomicName id="4C3A67DAFFC13400FF1AF985FEB1F9A7" authority="Okanishi &amp; Fujita, 2018" authorityName="Okanishi &amp; Fujita" authorityYear="2018" box="[151,302,1556,1580]" class="Ophiuroidea" family="Ophiolepididae" genus="Ophiozonella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophiurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">
<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FF1AF985FEB1F9A7" box="[151,302,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiozonella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27D7D30FFC13400FEB9F984FEF1F9A7" box="[308,366,1557,1580]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
lacks the supplementary plates (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB61A8FFC13400FC8AF985FCEAF9A6" author="Fell" box="[775,885,1556,1581]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refString="Fell, H. B. (1960) Synoptic keys to the genera of Ophiuroidea. Zoology Publication from Victoria University of Wellington, 26, 1 - 44." type="journal article" year="1960">Fell 1960</bibRefCitation>
). However, the value of these characters has been questioned because specimens with variations of these characters have been observed in both genera (e.g.
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; Cherbonnier &amp;
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;
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B851C59FFC13400FF4AF910FC31F936" blockId="2.[151,1437,943,1725]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
In this study, we define
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<emphasis id="B94EC04BFFC13400FE5DF911FDD4F913" box="[464,587,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ophiolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as follows: two supplementary plates lateral to each dorsal arm plate; larger disc scales are regularly surrounded by smaller ones on aboral surface.
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