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Anchitosia queenslandensis (Livingstone, 1932)

378016  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378016)

accepted
Species
Tosia queenslandensis Livingstone, 1932 · unaccepted (original name for Anchitosia...)  
original name for Anchitosia queenslandensis
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Tosia queenslandensis Livingstone, 1932) Livingstone, A.A. (1932). Asteroidea. <em>British Museum (Natural History) Scientific Reports / Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29.</em> 4(8): 241-265., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49516829#page/301/mode/1up
page(s): 243 [details]   
Description Body form weakly stellate, overall size, relatively small, armtips rounded.

Abactinal plates flattened to convex...  
Description Body form weakly stellate, overall size, relatively small, armtips rounded.

Abactinal plates flattened to convex (especially in carinal series), round to polygonal in outline. Primary circlet plates enlarged, distinctive. Papular pores single or double, present radially, absent interradially. Peripheral granules polygonal to quadrate, discrete from plate (not flush). Madreporite triangular.

Fasciolar grooves present, shallow. Marginal plates bare, smooth, mildly convex granules absent, Marginal plates wider than long, symmetrically round in cross-section. Superomarginal to inferomarginals correspond roughly 1:1. Penultimate superomarginal plates neither swollen nor elongate and not abutting over mid radius. Fascioles between marginal plates present, relatively well-developed. Superomarginals and inferomarginals 9-12 per interradius (from terminal to terminal), bare, smooth, some specimens with minor surface rugosities. Distalmost superomarginals, more swollen than those interradially, symmetrically round in cross-section. Peripheral accessory granules discrete, (not flush with plate) polygonal to quadrate, rectangular. Terminal plate enlarged, at 1x-2x the size of adjacent superomarginal plates.

Actinal plates, relatively large, angular to polygonal, smooth, bare surface, granules absent. Peripheral granules for actinal plates polygonal to quadrate in shape, Furrow spines 2-5 compressed, but thickened, subambulacrals granular, thickened (similar in thickness to furrow spines). Pedicellariae, when present, in pits, with tong-like valves. Adambulacral plates with straight, outward-facing surface. Adambulacral “divider” oriented vertically, directed proximally.

Color in life is deep-red to orange with yellow highlights between plates.
 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Anchitosia queenslandensis (Livingstone, 1932). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378016 on 2024-03-28
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original description  (of Tosia queenslandensis Livingstone, 1932) Livingstone, A.A. (1932). Asteroidea. <em>British Museum (Natural History) Scientific Reports / Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29.</em> 4(8): 241-265., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49516829#page/301/mode/1up
page(s): 243 [details]   

additional source Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the <i>Pentagonaster</i> clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21: 311-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS06049 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Description Body form weakly stellate, overall size, relatively small, armtips rounded.

Abactinal plates flattened to convex (especially in carinal series), round to polygonal in outline. Primary circlet plates enlarged, distinctive. Papular pores single or double, present radially, absent interradially. Peripheral granules polygonal to quadrate, discrete from plate (not flush). Madreporite triangular.

Fasciolar grooves present, shallow. Marginal plates bare, smooth, mildly convex granules absent, Marginal plates wider than long, symmetrically round in cross-section. Superomarginal to inferomarginals correspond roughly 1:1. Penultimate superomarginal plates neither swollen nor elongate and not abutting over mid radius. Fascioles between marginal plates present, relatively well-developed. Superomarginals and inferomarginals 9-12 per interradius (from terminal to terminal), bare, smooth, some specimens with minor surface rugosities. Distalmost superomarginals, more swollen than those interradially, symmetrically round in cross-section. Peripheral accessory granules discrete, (not flush with plate) polygonal to quadrate, rectangular. Terminal plate enlarged, at 1x-2x the size of adjacent superomarginal plates.

Actinal plates, relatively large, angular to polygonal, smooth, bare surface, granules absent. Peripheral granules for actinal plates polygonal to quadrate in shape, Furrow spines 2-5 compressed, but thickened, subambulacrals granular, thickened (similar in thickness to furrow spines). Pedicellariae, when present, in pits, with tong-like valves. Adambulacral plates with straight, outward-facing surface. Adambulacral “divider” oriented vertically, directed proximally.

Color in life is deep-red to orange with yellow highlights between plates.
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