Disasterina akajimaensis sp. nov. [New Japanese name: Akajima-numeri-itomaki-hitode] (Table 1; Figs 2–6) Disasterina odontacantha : Saba et al. 2008: 19–20. [Not Disasterina odontacantha Liao, 1980] Material examined . H olotype: NSMT E-6758, Kushibaru beach, Akajima Island, Ryukyu Islands (26°12.6'N, 127°16.6'E), intertidal, under rock, collected by M. Saba, on 19 November 2006. The specimen was directly preserved in 99% ethanol. Description of holotype .B ody thin, stellate with 5 tapering arms, slightly convex abactinally, at actinally (Fig. 2). R/r=16.9/ 8.1 mm =2.1. Body entirely covered by smooth integment obscuring underlying skeletal plates in life, but plates visible a er preservation in alcohol. Abactinal plates imbricated, irregular in shape (circular, triangular, oval, and slender), and variable in size, maximally 1.6× 0.4 mm; unarmed, except 4 plates surrounding anal pore each having 2–5 short, sacciform spinelets (Figs 3A–C, 4A). Ten large and slender and about 25 small abactinal plates almost ... : Published as part of Saba, Masaki, Iwao, Kenji & Fujita, Toshihiko, 2012, A New Asterinid Sea Star, Disasterina akajimaensis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with Notes on the Genus Disasterina, pp. 21-28 in Species Diversity 17 (1) on pages 24-27, DOI: 10.12782/sd.17.1.021, http://zenodo.org/record/4649157 ...