Lyrocteis class subsp. ord var. indet, . sp. 2

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. 2

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Asteroidea ord. indet. sp. 2; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; scientificNameAuthorship: Perrier, 1884; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 33.4 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 350 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

Four to five slightly tubular, thick arms with rounded tips. The central disc is inconspicuous and the arms appear to almost seamlessly merge into one another at the base. The surface appears smooth. Dark blue colour, sometimes purple or light orange. Maximum recorded size: 11 cm across. The captured individuals could belong to the Ophidiasteridae or Echinasteridae families, but it was impossible to identify them to a lower taxonomic level from video footage alone (Fig. 115 ).

Figures

Figure 115. Asteroidea ord. indet. sp. 2. Desroches S 1, 250 m.