Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand abstracts
New species of the brittlestar genus Astrogymnotes H. L. Clark,
1914, from New Zealand and Japan (Echinodermata:
Ophiuroidea)
Alan N. Baker*, H. E. S. Clark** and D. G.
McKnight**
*National Museum of New Zealand. Present address: Science &
Research Unit, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 10-420, Wellington, New
Zealand.
**National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research,
P.O. Box 14-901, Kilbirnie, New Zealand.
Three new species of the commensal ophiuroid genus
Astrogymnotes H. L.
Clark are described. Two are from the Kermadec Islands, to the north-east of
New Zealand, and one is from the Izu Islands, Japan. The type species from the
eastern Indian Ocean is redescribed and illustrated. The Kermadec species are
both five-armed, in contrast to the six- or seven-armed genotype, and both have
distinct transversely oriented colour patterns. The Japanese species is more
closely related to the type species.
Keywords: Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Ophiomyxidae;
Astrogymnotes; new species; new records; South-west Pacific Ocean;
Kermadec Islands; New Zealand; North-west Pacific Ocean; Izu Islands; Japan.
R00054 Originally submitted 10 January 1997, withdrawn; resubmitted and
accepted 13 July 2000
(c) Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand,
Volume 31, Number 2, June 2001, pp 299-306
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