Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus)

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) : -

Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus)

1758. Asturias multiradiata : Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, 10: 663.

1971. Capillaster multiradiatus : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms, p. 15 (key) and p. 6-7 (distribution).

2007. Capillaster multiradiatus : Sastry. D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper, No. 271: 4.

Material: KA -13. Dt. 13.02.2018. One spec. KA -59:

Dt. 17.02.2018. One spec. PMP . Dt. 22.11.2018. One spec.

Description: Arms 13-31, 110- 120 mm long. P 1 on first brachial segment. IBr with 2 segments, IIBr with 4 segments. First brachial syzygyat 2+3 Cirri up to 21, cirrus segments up to 21, dorsal side of distal segments margin of distal segments with a slight thickening in the centre or the distal margin.

Distribution: Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobars. Elsewhere: Widely distributed Indo -west Pacific species from Easy coast of Africa to South Pacific Is. The species is newly recorded from Lakshadweep.