Lyrocteis class subsp. ord var. indet, . sp. 1

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

"class Asteroidea" ord. indet. sp. 1

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Asteroidea sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; scientificNameAuthorship: de Blainville, 1830; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Astove W 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 114.5 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 269.5 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, triangular arms merging into a conspicuous central disc. Smooth body surface. Arms are light orange to yellowish with the body darker. These specimens are showing a reverse colour pattern, resembling a miniature sea star in a darker orange on the central disc between the arms. Maximum recorded size: 18 cm across (Fig. 114 ).

Figures

Figure 114. Asteroidea ord. indet. sp. 1. Desroches S 1, 250 m.