taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F0E43F0977FF85FF3BF9AFFD209133.taxon	description	Australian Museum J. 31556 — Paratype (VIII- 24 - 76 - 9; between South Island and Seabird Islet, Lizard Island, GBR, Australia) Australian Museum J. 31557 — Paratype (II- 11 - 83 - 1; Granite Bluff, Lizard Island, Australia) Australian Museum J. 31558 — Paratype PV 560668 VII- 3 - 83 - 9; Rib Reef, GBR, Australia) Australian Museum J. 31559 — Paratype (1976 - 1; Malakal, Palau) Australian Museum J. 31560 — Paratype PV 560669 VII- 3 - 83 - 10; Rib Reef, GBR, Australia) Color in life (not from holotype). Ambulacral areas have white “ frosting ” like that in the brown form of C. multiradiatus ss, with white areas lateral to ambulacra having holes exposing darker pigmented tissue giving a sort of lacey pattern that appears to extend farther down sides of ambulacra than in C. multiradiatus. Abambulacral side: centrodorsal and cirri reddish brown to purple, with terminal claw and opposing spine white; division series and proximal brachials pink, red, or purple followed by short white bands, then a long reddish purple band, following are alternate red and white bands, the white bands extending for 4 – 5 brachials, the red bands mostly shorter, ~ 2 brachials in extent (some longer). Pinnules are generally white where the arm is white, although some short red bands can occur; pinnules can be solid red or banded red and white where the arm is red, or even mostly white. Skeletal morphology, (holotype specimen, Fig. 5 A – F), 20 arms, centrodorsal subpentagonal, 4 – 5 mm in diameter with slight aboral concavity (Fig. 5 C, D. First syzygy on unbranched arms at brachial 2 + 3, all brachials trapezoidal in aboral view, distal intersyzygial interval variable. Cirri ~ 19 in single row, ~ 14 cirrals with abambulacral spinose clumps (Fig. 5 F); Comb-bearing oral pinnules extend to ~ P 6, ~ 7 – 11 comb teeth confluent with exterior edge of pinnular, teeth triangular, curved inward (Fig. 5 E).	en	Meyer, David L., Hoggett, Anne, Huang, Danwei, Rouse, Greg W., Vail, Lyle, Yen, Ying-Hsuan, Messing, Charles G. (2025): A new species of the feather star Capillaster within C. multiradiatus species complex (Crinoidea, Comatulidae) in Palau and the Great Barrier Reef. Zootaxa 5647 (3): 275-288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.3.4
03F0E43F0975FF87FF3BFF0EFEDD94C1.taxon	description	Australian Museum J. 31562 — PV 560664 VII- 3 - 83 - 8 Rib Reef GBR Australian Museum J. 31563 — PV 560665 VII- 4 - 83 - 2 John Brewer GBR Australian Museum J. 31564 — PV 560663 V- 27 - 83 - 1 Davies Reef GBR Australian Museum J. 31565 — PV 560666 VIII- 24 - 76 - 10 Lizard Island GBR Color in life (Fig. 2 A, B): arms and pinnules vary from golden brown on abambulacral side, cd and cirri darker brown to dark brown or olive drab, pinnules with white tips, ambulacra brown, fringed with white flanks on either side of ambulacra, both in arms and pinnules; white has dark speckles creating a frosted appearance. Skeletal morphology. From notes on 2 - 1 - 83 - 1 and spreadsheet coding, Table 1. Fig. 2 C – F; 19 arms, ~ 110 mm length; 6 II brachials have 4 ossicles, 3 having 2 ossicles. Centrodorsal subpentagonal in aboral view with distinct polar indentation, ~ 4.5 mm diam. This feature is present in most BR specimens but in some specimens it is less distinct, probably a result of variation that requires further study. Cirri 19, with 23 – 25 segments in single row, with abambulacral spinose clumps (Fig. 6 C – E); 15 – 17 mm long; longest segment is 6 mm, following segs. decrease in length, becoming broader than long. Antepenultimate cirrus seg, shorter than opposing spine on penult. segment. Syzygies: 1 st at 2 + 3; 2 nd at 11 + 12, 15 + 16, 16 + 17, 16 + 17, 18 + 19; distal intersyzygial interval variable (Fig. 6 C, D). 1 st pinnule on free arm at Br 1.1 st triangular Br is ~ Br 8. Comb-bearing oral pinnules extend distally beyond P 6 *, ~ 5 comb teeth confluent with exterior edge of pinnular, teeth triangular, curved inward (Fig. 6 F) *. Proximal brahicals both rectangular or slightly wedge-shaped in aboral view becoming rectangular distally; distal edges of brachials slightly everted and spinous to finely spinose. * The distinction suggested here between C. crypticus sp. nov. and C. multiradiatus is tentative because examination with the binocular microscope was very difficult. It was hard to determine the number of oral pinnules bearing combs and precise number of comb teeth with certainty. However, we are confident that in the new species, combs are present only to P 6, but in C. multiradiatus combs are present distally to ~ P 7 or P 8. If confirmed by further study, and exact extent of comb-bearing pinnules and the number of comb teeth could provide additional differences between the new species and C. multiradiatus, besides the presence or absence of the aboral pit in the centrodorsal.	en	Meyer, David L., Hoggett, Anne, Huang, Danwei, Rouse, Greg W., Vail, Lyle, Yen, Ying-Hsuan, Messing, Charles G. (2025): A new species of the feather star Capillaster within C. multiradiatus species complex (Crinoidea, Comatulidae) in Palau and the Great Barrier Reef. Zootaxa 5647 (3): 275-288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.3.4
