Coelopleurus 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

Coelopleurus sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Coelepleurus sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Echinoidea; order: Arbacioida; family: Arbaciidae; genus: Coelopleurus; scientificNameAuthorship: L. Agassiz, 1840; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 230 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 230 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 of varying lengths. The longest spines are curved, whilst shorter ones are straight. The body surface is almost entirely covered in spines, with naked and vertical spaces alternating along the body. The main body appears in a dark brown with spines being bright red and white, some with white bands towards the tips, some coloured half and half and others uniformly red. Maximum recorded size: 30 cm across. Positive species identification requires microscopic examination. Collected specimens belonged to Coelopleurus maillardi .

(Fig. 134)