Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805)

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

Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Culcita schmideliana; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Valvatida; family: Oreasteridae; genus: Culcita; scientificNameAuthorship: Bruzelius, 1805; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 33.9 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 35 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 stubby, triangular arms merging into a cushion-like central disc. Maximum recorded size: 16 cm across. Roughly pentagonal appearance with a leathery surface. The aboral surface is covered in small conical spines. Colouration can vary, but most commonly a light greyish base colour with small pink patches adjacent to black tubercules (Fig. 131 ).

Figures

Figure 131. Culcita schmideliana. Poivre E 1, 30 m.