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Astrosarkus idipi Mah 2003

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Nekton Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • 2. Maldives Marine Research Institute, Male, Maldives
  • 3. Bangor University, Wales, United Kingdom & Maldives Marine Research Institute, Male, Maldives
  • 4. James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
  • 5. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States of America
  • 6. Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 7. University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
  • 8. University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom & Nekton Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom

Description

Astrosarkus idipi Mah, 2003

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Astrosarkus idipi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Valvatida; family: Oreasteridae; genus: Astrosarkus; scientificNameAuthorship: Mah, 2003; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Addu; minimumDepthInMeters: 83; maximumDepthInMeters: 91; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis, Christopher Mah; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Body heavily inflated with large central disc and short arms. Arms with rounded margins and more pointy at the tips. Approximately 32 cm in the longest dimension. Colouration in red tones and peach with patchy pattern throughout the surface. This is a colour variant of the species described in more detail in Mah 2023 (Fig. 253).

Notes

Published as part of Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, pp. e 120128 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e120128, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e120128

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URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/FDD74F4A842F519EBC523ECD8F895DB3

Related works

Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e120128 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/E4526A2534F954D289E867DF14B22B85 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/FDD74F4A842F519EBC523ECD8F895DB3 (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Mah
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Order
Valvatida
Family
Oreasteridae
Genus
Astrosarkus
Species
idipi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
Other material
Taxonomic concept label
Astrosarkus idipi Mah, 2003 sec. Amjad, Ahusan, Amir, Villiers, Gress, Mah, Naeem, Rico-Seijo, Samaai, Afzal, Woodall & Stefanoudis, 2024