Ferdina sadhensis Marsh & Campbell 1991 Figure 4 B, D, F Marsh & Campbell 1991: 214 Occurrence. Scottburgh (South Africa), South coast of Oman. 8���10 m. Taxonomic notes. Ferdina sadhensis is a rarely encountered species known primarily from the locality in Oman. Images from citizen scientists in South Africa (pers. comm. Georgina Jones) have revealed images of a species which closely corresponds to the paratype of F. sadhensis but no specimens from South Africa were examined. The individuals identified in Gosliner et al. (1996) and King & Fraser (2014) display the bare region in each interradius, identifying them as F. mena n. sp. Material examined. Paratype: USNM E41400; 16 km east of Marbat, Urchin Point, Dhofar, Oman. Arabian Sea. 8���10 m; Coll. M. Morrison, 5 Jan 1990; 1 dry spec. R=4.6 to 5.0, r=1.2, (see Marsh & Campbell 1991: 217)
Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2017, Overview of the Ferdina - like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 4271 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/583192
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