FIGURE 8 in Annotated species list of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with new records

FIGURE 8. Live photos of hexamerous fissiparous Ophiothela sp. [SMNH-178936] (A–E), Persian Gulf, Iran, Bustaneh, A, specimen with half disc and three small regenerating arms, three larger arms of different sizes may indicate several previous splits, dorsal view, B, another recently split individual with three new arms, and three older ones, dorsal view, C, same as B, ventral view, D, hexamerous individual with three smaller and three larger arms, disc almost fully regenerated, dorsal view, E, same as E, ventral view, Ophiothela venusta, same locality, with regenerating arms (F–K), F, individual with arms of different sizes, dorsal view, G, specimen with two narrower and three wider arms, separated by one and two wider arms, dorsal view, H, same as G, ventral view, I, individual with two regenerating arms adjacent to each other, dorsal view, J, same as I, ventral view, K, individual with one large arm, one intermediate and three small arms, dorsal view, Ophiothela danae, New Caledonia, Lifou Island, dorsal view.