Dactylosaster cylindricus (Lamarck)

Sastry, D. R. K., Marimuthu, N. & Rajan, Rajkumar, 2019, Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Dactylosaster cylindricus (Lamarck)

(Pl. IV. Fig. c)

1816. Asterias cylindrica Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. Hist. nat . anim. s. vert. 2: 567.

1971. Dactylosaster cylindricus : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms, p. 59 (key), p. 34-35 (distribution).

1991. Dactylosaster cylindricus : Sastry, D.R.K. State Fauna Series 2: Fauna of Lakshadweep. p. 367.

2007. Dactylosaster cylindricus : Sastry, D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India. 271: 69.

Material: KA. Dt. 20.01.2008. Coll.Ch.Satyanarayana. One spec. with four full arms, the fifth short with regenerating tip .

Distribution: Lakshadweep, Andamans and Nicobars. Elsewhere: SE Arabia and East coast of Africa to South Pacific Islands.

Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus)

(Pl. IV. Fig. d)

1758. Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, C. Systema Naturae, 10: 662.

1971. Linckia laevigata : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms, p. 62 (key), p. 36-37 (distribution).

1991. Linckia laevigata : Sastry, D.R.K. State Fauna Series 2: Fauna of Lakshadweep. p. 368.

2007. Linckia laevigata : Sastry, D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India Occ. Paper No. 271: 73.

Material: AM -8. 17.02.2018. One spec. B-30. 04.02.2018. One spec. BW-17 . Dt. 05.02.2018. One spec. KA-6 . Dt .

13.02.2018. One spec. Lakshadweep, three specs .

Distribution: Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Andamans and Nicobars. Elsewhere: East coast of Africa to South Pacific Islands.