Caenopedina ord subsp. fam 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

"ord. Spatangoida" fam. indet. sp.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Spatangoida sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Echinoidea; order: Spatangoida; scientificNameAuthorship: L. Agassiz, 1840; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Astove W 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 124.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 350 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

Spines shorter than body width and of uniform length. The body appears egg-shaped and not as globular as other urchins observed here. Maximum recorded size: 12 cm across. Colour a dark red with distinct white patches. Spines all coloured dark red (Fig. 143).