Description of a New Species of Aquilonastra (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Asterinidae) from Langkawi Island, Malaysia
A new species of Aquilonastra O’Loughlin in O’Loughlin and Waters, 2004 is described on the coast of Langkawi Island, Malaysia. This new species is distinguished from 32 congeners based on the number of arms, madreporites, superomarginal and subambulacral spines, the absence of secondary abactinal p...
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| author | Itaru Kobayashi Masaki Yamamoto Mikihito Arai Sau Pinn Woo Toshihiko Fujita |
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| description | A new species of Aquilonastra O’Loughlin in O’Loughlin and Waters, 2004 is described on the coast of Langkawi Island, Malaysia. This new species is distinguished from 32 congeners based on the number of arms, madreporites, superomarginal and subambulacral spines, the absence of secondary abactinal plates, the shape of abactinal spines, and the attachment site of gonads. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f1afedf3cb964a73bb4bb2dcb381319d2025-01-08T21:51:22ZengJapanese Society of Systematic ZoologySpecies Diversity1342-16702189-73012025-01-01301111610.12782/specdiv.30.11Description of a New Species of Aquilonastra (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Asterinidae) from Langkawi Island, MalaysiaItaru Kobayashi0Masaki Yamamoto1Mikihito Arai2Sau Pinn Woo3Toshihiko Fujita4Marine Site, Kobe University Research Center for Inland SeasDepartment of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and ScienceDepartment of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and ScienceCentre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS), Universiti Sains MalaysiaDepartment of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and ScienceA new species of Aquilonastra O’Loughlin in O’Loughlin and Waters, 2004 is described on the coast of Langkawi Island, Malaysia. This new species is distinguished from 32 congeners based on the number of arms, madreporites, superomarginal and subambulacral spines, the absence of secondary abactinal plates, the shape of abactinal spines, and the attachment site of gonads.echinodermataaquilonastra aileenae n. sp.taxonomyindian oceanandaman sea |
| spellingShingle | Itaru Kobayashi Masaki Yamamoto Mikihito Arai Sau Pinn Woo Toshihiko Fujita Description of a New Species of Aquilonastra (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Asterinidae) from Langkawi Island, Malaysia Species Diversity echinodermata aquilonastra aileenae n. sp. taxonomy indian ocean andaman sea |
| title | Description of a New Species of Aquilonastra (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Asterinidae) from Langkawi Island, Malaysia |
| title_full | Description of a New Species of Aquilonastra (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Asterinidae) from Langkawi Island, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Description of a New Species of Aquilonastra (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Asterinidae) from Langkawi Island, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Description of a New Species of Aquilonastra (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Asterinidae) from Langkawi Island, Malaysia |
| title_short | Description of a New Species of Aquilonastra (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Asterinidae) from Langkawi Island, Malaysia |
| title_sort | description of a new species of aquilonastra asteroidea valvatida asterinidae from langkawi island malaysia |
| topic | echinodermata aquilonastra aileenae n. sp. taxonomy indian ocean andaman sea |
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