Halityle class subsp. stet, .

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

"class. Crinoidea" stet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Crinoidea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Crinoidea; scientificNameAuthorship: Miller, 1821; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, D'Arros N 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 30 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 350 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

Can be free-swimming or anchored to the substrate by a stalk. The mouth is located on the upper surface surrounded by a crown of feeding arms. Appendages displaying pentameral symmetry are often subdivided into ten or more arms and covered in feather-like pinnules. Colours can vary, in our survey mostly dark black and white, brown, pink and yellow. Stripes commonly observed. This group likely contains a variety of species that are difficult to identify from video footage; hence, no attempt was made to identify them at a lower taxonomic level (Fig. 133).