Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840)

Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 120128-e 120128 : e120128-

Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Echinaster luzonicus ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Spinulosida ; family: Echinasteridae ; genus: Echinaster ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Gray, 1840); Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Huvadhu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10; maximumDepthInMeters: 30; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis, Christopher Mah; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Slender tapered arms with pointy tip and inconspicuous central disc. Approximately 8 cm in the longest dimension. Colouration lighter shades of orange at the centre with gradual darkening towards the tips of the arms (Fig. 242 ).

Figures

Figure 242. Echinaster luzonicus, Huvadhu, 10 m.