Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805)

Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 120128-e 120128 : e120128-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/BDJ.12.e120128

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13801185

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scientific name

Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805)
status

 

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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: Maldives; locality: North Male’, Vaavu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 2; maximumDepthInMeters: 5; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis, Christopher Mah; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Five short arms with a large central disc. Body shape pentagonal with a heavily inflated appearance. Pentagonal-shaped with minimal concaves on edge. Inflated body with compact arms and a large central disc. Spinelets evident. Approximately 20 cm in the longest dimension. Colouration appears blotchy with dark and light grey tones (Fig. 255 View Figure 255 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Asteroidea

Order

Valvatida

Family

Oreasteridae

Genus

Culcita