Coelopleurus ord subsp. fam var. indet, . sp. 1

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

"ord. Cidaroida" fam. indet. sp. 1

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Cidaroida sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Echinoidea; order: Cidaroida; scientificNameAuthorship: Claus, 1880; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 111.2 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 351 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

Thick spines pointed and longer than body width. The body surface appears smooth, but is covered with shorter spines that are encircling the attachment areas of the longer spines. Maximum recorded size: 25 cm across. Colour a pale white to cream brown. Positive species identification requires microscopic examination. Collected specimens belonged to Histocidaris sp. (Fig. 136).