Acanthocidaris 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

Acanthocidaris sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Acanthocidaris sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Echinoidea; order: Cidaroida; family: Cidaridae; genus: Acanthocidaris; scientificNameAuthorship: Mortensen, 1903; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 120 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 128.2 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Zoleka Filander , 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

Thick, somewhat pointed spines longer than body width. The main body is very small in comparison to the spines and the body surface is almost entirely covered in spines. Maximum recorded size: 15 cm across. Colour a dark brown with the base of spines pale brown and dark brown to dark red towards the tips (Fig. 138).