Phanogenia multibrachiata (Carpenter)

Sastry, D. R. K., Marimuthu, N. & Rajan, Rajkumar, 2019, Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Phanogenia multibrachiata (Carpenter)

1888. Actinometra multibrachiata Carpenter, P.H. Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology. 26 (part 60): 299

1971. Comaster multibrachiatus : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific echinoderms, p. 16 (key), p. 6-7 (Distribution).

2007. Comaster multibrachiatus : Sastry. D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 271: 7

2019. Phanogenia multibrachiata : Messing, C.WoRMS.

Material: KV-42 Dt. 10.02.2018. One spec.

Description: Arms 28 intact, 70 mm long. First brachial pinnule on first segment.First brachial syzygy at 2+3.Division series up toVBr, IIBr with 4 ossicles, others with 2 or 4 ossicles. Some division series broken beyond IIBr or IIIBr, division series alternating with arms internal or external. Cirri 14, some slender, arranged around the centrodorsal, cirrus segments 14.

Distribution: Lakshadweep and Andamans. Elsewhere: Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine Islands and South China Sea. The species is new to Lakshadweep.