Sphaeriodiscus 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

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scientific name

Sphaeriodiscus sp. indet.
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Sphaeriodiscus sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Sphaeriodiscus sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Valvatida; family: Goniasteridae; genus: Sphaeriodiscus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fisher, 1910; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Alphonse N 1, D'Arros N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 230 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

Five short, triangular and stubby arms with a large central disc. Maximum recorded size: 8 cm across. Dark orange with arm tips appearing lighter orange to yellow (Fig. 126).