Trichaster flagellifer von Martens, 1866

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 : 6-7

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6490307

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scientific name

Trichaster flagellifer von Martens, 1866
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Trichaster flagellifer von Martens, 1866 View in CoL

( Fig. 4A–E View FIGURE 4 )

Trichaster flagellifer von Martens, 1866: 87 View in CoL ; Liao & Clark, 1995: 163, fig. 69. Trichaster elegans Ludwig, 1878: 59 View in CoL .

Material Examined. USNM 1072573, Anton Bruun Cruise 1 Station AB39A, Andaman Sea, 14°52’N, 96°39’E, 48–64 m, 31 March 1963. 1 specimen ( Fig. 4A–E View FIGURE 4 ).

Remarks. The specimen has a disc diameter of 32 mm, and arms 200 mm long, branched only five times in their distal half, the first branch occurring at 42 segments from the disc ( Fig. 4A–B View FIGURE 4 ). This remote branching is a characteristic of the genus, along with longitudinal aboral, and vertical lateral, arm ridging. The disc is flat and smooth in the centre ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ), with the radial shields exposed only distally as small triangles ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ). There are two arm spines ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ).

The specimen was taken at only 1 of 7 benthic shelf stations in the Gulf of Martaban in the northern Andaman Sea, an area near the type locality for this species (Bay of Bengal). It has, however, been found elsewhere in the tropical Indo-west Pacific Ocean, including the Arafura Sea, South China, Japan, and the Philippines, in 65–146 meters ( Liao & A. M. Clark, 1995; Rowe & Gates, 1995).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Ophiuroidea

Order

Euryalida

Family

Euryalidae

Genus

Trichaster

Loc

Trichaster flagellifer von Martens, 1866

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

Trichaster flagellifer von Martens, 1866 : 87

Martens, 1866 : 87
Liao & Clark, 1995 : 163
Ludwig, 1878 : 59
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