. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . l mesh. Paxillae irregularlyarranged except on arm sides where they form regular oblique transverse series. Abactinalpaxillae occurring close to inferomarginals small; they bear c. 11 very short spinelets. Superomarginal paxillae enlarged, easily distinguishable from the most lateralabactinal ones (Fig. 2B); those of the most proximal part of the arm measure mm indiameter and have up to 30 spinelets ( mm in length). Inferomarginal plates 42,conspicuous, defining the ambitus; proximal plate with an enlarged f
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . l mesh. Paxillae irregularlyarranged except on arm sides where they form regular oblique transverse series. Abactinalpaxillae occurring close to inferomarginals small; they bear c. 11 very short spinelets. Superomarginal paxillae enlarged, easily distinguishable from the most lateralabactinal ones (Fig. 2B); those of the most proximal part of the arm measure mm indiameter and have up to 30 spinelets ( mm in length). Inferomarginal plates 42,conspicuous, defining the ambitus; proximal plate with an enlarged fan-like, transversallycompressed pseudopaxilla measuring mm in length and mm in fans with 3 to 4 transversal rows of spinelets measuring up to mm inlength. Actinal interradial areas fairly large with four series of actinolateral plates, the THE ASTEROID FA UNA (ECHINODERMA TA) OF MARION & PRINCE ED WARD ISLANDS 11 Figure 1Solaster dianei nov. sp. Abactinal (A) and actinal (B) views of the holotype. 12 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM.
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