Lydiaster johannae sp. inc. Koehler, 1909

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Lydiaster johannae sp. inc. Koehler, 1909

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: BGR/ GEOMAR; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: Adult; behavior: on sediment; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; associatedMedia: 2013_INDEX2013_049ROV06.jpg; associatedOccurrences: Polynoidae fam. inc.; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Lydiaster johannae sp. inc.; scientificName: Lydiaster johannae; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Valvatida; family: Goniasteridae; genus: Lydiaster; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: Koehler, 1909; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; stateProvince: Central Indian Ridge ; locality: Edmond/ vent site 2 ; verbatimLocality: Cluster 4; maximumDepthInMeters: 3240; locationRemarks: FS Sonne Cruise INDEX2013 Leg 2; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 31; Identification: identifiedBy: Christopher Mah; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: sp. inc.; Event: eventDate: 2013-12-12; eventTime: 10:39:59 am; year: 2013; fieldNumber: INDEX2013-49ROV; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: DZMB; datasetName: INDEX; basisOfRecord: Human Observation

Notes

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Figures

Figure 154. Lydiaster johannae sp. inc. in situ in the surrounding area of the Edomd hydrothermal vent field in Cluster 4 of the INDEX area. Image corresponds with the data (Image attribution: BGR and GEOMAR).