Astroboa nigrofurcata Döderlein, 1927

Baker, Alan N., Okanishi, Masanori & Pawson, David L., 2018, Euryalid brittle stars from the International Indian Ocean Expedition 1963 - 64 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalida), Zootaxa 4392 (1), pp. 1-27 : 9

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5958803

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scientific name

Astroboa nigrofurcata Döderlein, 1927
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Astroboa nigrofurcata Döderlein, 1927 View in CoL

( Figs. 6A–E View FIGURE 6 , 7D View FIGURE 7 )

Astroboa nigrofurcata Döderlein, 1927: 45 View in CoL , pl. 4 figs. 1–4; Baker, 1980: 60, figs. 23, 28, 30.

Material Examined. USNM 1072537 View Materials , Anton Bruun Cruise 1 Station 18A, southern Andaman Sea, 7°34’N, 98° 00’E, 77 m, 21 March 1963, 2 specimens ( Fig. 6A–E View FIGURE 6 ) GoogleMaps ; USNM 1234012 View Materials , Anton Bruun Cruise 9 Station 465, off NE Somalia, 11° 37’N, 51° 27’E, 67–72 m, 18 December 1964, 2 specimens GoogleMaps .

Remarks. The specimens range between 17 and 40 mm ( Fig. 6A–B View FIGURE 6 ) disc diameter. The smallest specimen has a disc cover of dense low granules, 8 in 1 mm on the radial shields ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ). One unusual feature of this specimen, possibly related to its small size, is the presence of 2–4 transverse rows of taller granules bridging the pairs of radial shields. In the largest specimen, the arms bifurcate at least 25 times, and are covered with smooth polygonal plates, with prominent girdle bands continuing over the arm—a characteristic of this species ( Figs. 6D–E View FIGURE 6 , 7D View FIGURE 7 ). The colour pattern of this species is distinctive—disc pale green, with contrasting irregular brown or pink freckles; arms with a continuous series of dark freckles, one per segment.

This record, in the southern Andaman Sea, is an extension of the known range from the Western Australian coast, Indonesia and the Philippines ( Baker 1980).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Ophiuroidea

Order

Euryalida

Family

Gorgonocephalidae

Genus

Astroboa

Loc

Astroboa nigrofurcata Döderlein, 1927

Baker, Alan N., Okanishi, Masanori & Pawson, David L. 2018
2018
Loc

Astroboa nigrofurcata Döderlein, 1927 : 45

Döderlein, 1927 : 45
Baker, 1980 : 60
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