Sphaeriodiscus fam subsp. gen var. indet, . sp.

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

"fam. Ophidiasteridae" gen. indet. sp.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Ophidiasteridae; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Valvatida; family: Ophidiasteridae; scientificNameAuthorship: Verrill, 1870; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 89 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 251.3 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, slender arms and inconspicuous central disc. Maximum recorded size: 19 cm across. Rough body surface covered in small bumps. The main body is pale brown to yellow, displaying cryptic mottled colour patterns that make them blend in with the substrate (Fig. 127).