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Title: Odinia and Ophidiaster (Asteroidea) in New Zealand

Author: Helen E. Shearburn Clark

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington

Part of: Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington

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Odinia and Ophidiaster (Asteroidea) in New Zealand

[Introduction]

Type Species. Asterias ophidiana Lamarck

Key to the New Zealand Species
1	(2)	Granules present between the adambulacral furrow spines on the surface bordering the furrow	kermadecensis Benham
2	(1)	No granules between the adambulacral furrow spines on the surface bordering the furrow	macknighti n.sp.

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Figs. 1–4.—ophidiaster macknighti n.sp. 1.—A typical alveolate (excavate) pedicellaria. 2.—Madreporite. 3.—The anus, protected by a number of enlarged granules. 4.—Portion of actinal surface, showing the oral and adambulacral plates, the arrangement of the pedicellanae and the covering granules which obscure the outlines of the plates.

Figs. 1–4.—ophidiaster macknighti n.sp. 1.—A typical alveolate (excavate) pedicellaria. 2.—Madreporite. 3.—The anus, protected by a number of enlarged granules. 4.—Portion of actinal surface, showing the oral and adambulacral plates, the arrangement of the pedicellanae and the covering granules which obscure the outlines of the plates.