Leiaster fam subsp. sp var. indet, .

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. Oreasteridae" sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Oreasteridae sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Valvatida; family: Oreasteridae; scientificNameAuthorship: Fisher, 1908; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 33.4 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 35 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 short stubby arms that rarely protrude from the wide central disc. Maximum recorded size: 23 cm across. Smooth surface. Appears roughly pentagonal in shape. Colouration is a uniform light grey. Possible genera could be Halityle or Astrosarkus (Fig. 130 ).

Figures

Figure 130. Oreasteridae sp. indet. Poivre E 1, 30 m.