Sclerasterias 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

Sclerasterias sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Sclerasterias sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Forcipulatida; family: Asteriidae; genus: Sclerasterias; scientificNameAuthorship: Perrier, 1891; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Astove W 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 250 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 250 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 tapered arms and a rough, spiny surface. Inconspicuous central disc. Colour of the body is beige with brown patches covering the disc and arms (Fig. 118 ).

Figures

Figure 118. Sclerasterias sp. indet. Astove W 1, 250 m.