| Literature DB >> 31966309 |
Taekjun Lee1, Sabine Stöhr2, Yeon Jae Bae3, Sook Shin4.
Abstract
A new species of Ophiuroidea, Ophiacantha scissionis sp. nov., is described. It was collected from Munseom Island, Jeju-do, South Korea at a depth of 28-36 m, by SCUBA diving. Ophiacantha scissionis has unique and distinct morphological characteristics: small disk, densely covered by small trifid spines, radial shields completely concealed by disk spines, six arms with four arm spines proximally, fissiparous. In addition, this species is clearly distinguished from other species of Ophiacantha by mitochondrial COI. This species is usually hexamerous and reproduces asexually by fissiparity. It is the first report of fissiparous reproduction in the genus Ophiacantha.Entities:
Keywords: Brittle stars; Mitochondrial COI; Ophiacanthidae; Phylogeny; Taxonomy
Year: 2019 PMID: 31966309 PMCID: PMC6759868 DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2019.58-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Zool Stud ISSN: 1021-5506 Impact factor: 2.058