Coronaster sp. indet.

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

Coronaster sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Coronaster sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Forcipulatida; family: Asteriidae; genus: Coronaster; scientificNameAuthorship: Perrier, 1885; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Alphonse N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 150 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 172 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

Multiple long heavily bent arms merge into a conspicuously rounded central disc. The overall surface appears smooth. Arms are of light orange colour with the central disc coloured in dark orange to red (Fig. 117 ).

Figures

Figure 117. Coronaster sp. indet. Alphonse N 1, 150 m.