A new species of crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster benziei sp. nov. (Valvatida Acanthasteridae), from the Red Sea
Author
Wörheide, Gert
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. & GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. & SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology, Munich, Germany.
Author
Kaltenbacher, Emilie
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Author
Cowan, Zara-Louise
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Author
Haszprunar, Gerhard
GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. & SNSB-Zoological State Collections, Munich, Germany.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-17
5209
3
379
393
journal article
276833
10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.7
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1175-5326
7329737
0576E9E6-22F1-4A77-ACC8-439662DF53FC
TABLE 3: Basic measurements of type specimens, including number of arms and madreporites, mean length of arms (R) and radius of disk (r). Note that GW4266 is a juvenile specimen. | GW4202 | GW4081 | GW4168 | GW4266 |
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| Number of Arms | 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
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| Mean R (length of arm) | 91 mm | 106 mm | 125 mm | 50 mm |
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| Mean r (radius of disc) | 58 mm | 51.5 mm | 65 mm | 28 mm |
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| R:r ratio | 1.57 | 2.06 | 1.92 | 1.79 |
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| Number of Madreporites | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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