Kanakaster plinthinos Mah 2017

Mah, Christopher L., 2018, New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 4539 (1), pp. 1-116 : 48

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5990756

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Kanakaster plinthinos Mah 2017
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Kanakaster plinthinos Mah 2017 View in CoL

Figure 17 C, D View FIGURE 17

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Comments. These specimen are nearly identical to the New Caledonia individuals described by Mah (2017) with the notable difference that the small bare patches present on the superomarginal plates in the type series are absent ( Fig. 17C View FIGURE 17 ) and in having more than ten marginal plates per interradius rather than six to eight ( Fig. 17C View FIGURE 17 ). The body shape and joined distal superomarginals are identical. These are the first recorded occurrences of this species from beyond the type locality.

Occurrence. New Caledonia, Madagascar, Kenya, 140– 350 m.

Material Examined. IE-2007-4004 Madagascar. 2608’S 4539’E, 333 m, Coll. Atimo Vatae, N / O Nosy Be 11, st . DW 3553 , 5 May 2010. 1 wet spec. R=1.3 r=0.6 . USNM E51268 View Materials NE of Mombasa, Kenya. 242’S, 4053 E, 140 m. Coll. R / V Anton Bruun 6 Nov. 1964. 1 wet spec. R=1.9, r=0.8 .

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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

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