Calliaster chaos Mah, 2018

Fassbender, Nico, Stefanoudis, Paris V, Filander, Zoleka Nontlantla, Gendron, Gilberte, Mah, Christopher L, Mattio, Lydiane, Mortimer, Jeanne A, Moura, Carlos J, Samaai, Toufiek, Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, Wagner, Daniel, Walton, Rowana & Woodall, Lucy C, 2021, Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 65970-65970 : 65970

Calliaster chaos Mah, 2018

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Calliaster chaos; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Valvatida; family: Goniasteridae; genus: Calliaster; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1840; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 114.5 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 122.6 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Christopher Mah , Paris Stefanoudis ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Five tapered spiny arms and a large central disc. Body surface covered in short spine-like projections and bumps. The main body is pale brown with lighter brown to pale whitish spines (Fig. 123 ).

Figures

Figure 123. Calliaster chaos. Poivre E 1, 120 m.