Caenopedina 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

Caenopedina sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Caenopedina sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Echinoidea; order: Pedinoida; family: Pedinidae; genus: Caenopedina; scientificNameAuthorship: Leske, 1778; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Alphonse N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 250 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 250 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

The body surface is almost entirely covered in spines of varying lengths that tend to be thicker and longer towards the dorsal surface of the main body. The main body appears in a dark red with white spines. Maximum recorded size: 6 cm across. Cidaroida fam. indet. sp. 2. appears similar, but that species has spines longer than the width of the body (Fig. 142 ).

Figures

Figure 142. Caenopedina sp. indet. Alphonse N 1, 250 m.