Astroceramus 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

Astroceramus sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Astroceramus sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Valvatida; family: Goniasteridae; genus: Astroceramus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fisher, 1906; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Alphonse N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 250 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 250 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 short, tapered arms and large central disc. Maximum recorded size: 10 cm across. The Latin name of this sea star translates to "star-shaped tile", describing tile-shaped plates covering the entire dorsal body surface. The main body is darker orange or yellow with slightly lighter coloured arm tips (Fig. 122).