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FIGURE 9 in Three New Species of Deep-Sea Wood-Associated Sea Stars (Asteroidea: Caymanostellidae) from the Eastern Pacific

  • 1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA
  • 2. Department of Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum,60325 Frankfurt, Germany

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FIGURE 9. Light Microscopy (LM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images of Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa sp. nov. specimens across ontogeny. Juvenile, SIO-BIC E7228 (destroyed for DNA extraction) (R = 0.93 mm, r = 0.84 mm, R/r = 1.11): A—live abactinal view, B—live actinal view, C—close-up of preserved abactinal arm tip, D—close-up of preserved abactinal central disc. Juvenile, SIO-BIC E4403 (destroyed for DNA extraction) (R = 0.95 mm, r = 0.82 mm, R/r = 1.16): E—live abactinal view. Juvenile, paratype SIO-BIC E7075B (R = 1.85 mm, r = 1.53 mm, R/r = 1.21): F—live abactinal view, M—SEM abactinal arm. Sub-adult, paratype SIO-BIC E11221B (R = 3.04 mm, r = 2.35 mm, R/r = 1.30): G—preserved abactinal view; H—preserved actinal view. Adult, paratype SIO-BIC E7290C (R = 5.88 mm, r = 3.75 mm, R/r = 1.57): I—preserved abactinal view; J—preserved actinal view. Adult, paratype SIO-BIC E7290F (R = 5.99 mm, r = 4.11 mm, R/r = 1.46): K—preserved abactinal view; L—preserved actinal view. Adult, paratype SIOBIC E7290C (R = 5.88 mm, r = 3.75 mm, R/r = 1.57): N—SEM abactinal arm tip.

Notes

Published as part of Shen, Zihui, Koch, Nicolás Mongiardino, Seid, Charlotte A., Tilic, Ekin & Rouse, Greg W., 2024, Three New Species of Deep-Sea Wood-Associated Sea Stars (Asteroidea: Caymanostellidae) from the Eastern Pacific, pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 5536 (3) on page 369, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14239072

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