| Echinodermata | Asteroidea | Velatida |
| Caymanostellidae | Caymanostella | loresae |
| Genus | Species |
BI-2019-003, #RVC
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PARATYPE
T553-A4. Original ID: starfish. Originally 5 formalin-fixed individuals; individual E separated as E11477 and designated as holotype; individual A prepared for microCT and donated to Senckenberg, SMF 6940 (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12704008); individual B prepared for SEM. Vrijenhoek inventory sheet notes: "from piece of wood," n=4, "1 ethanol, 3 in formalin to etoh". Ethanol-fixed individual deposited by R. Vrijenhoek with Smithsonian Global Genome Initiative: USNM 1487403.
T553 | wood fall
Tamayo Fracture Zone, Gulf of California
22.9628° N
108.1576° W
3053.6 m
April 11, 2003
ROV Tiburon
R/V Western Flyer
Robert Vrijenhoek
Zihui Shen
formalin sw
EtOH 50%
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Kris Walz (MBARI) provided the exact coordinates and depth. Collector indicates Chief Scientist. See blog: https://www3.mbari.org/expeditions/GOC/logbook/Leg4/Apr11.htm. LocalTime = Fri Apr 11 15:35:55 PDT 2003; UTCTime = Fri Apr 11 22:35:55 2003. Lat= 22.962756 (edited); Lon= -108.157607; Depth= 3053.62 m; Temp= 1.819 C; Sal= 34.592 PSU; Oxy= 2.12 ml/l; Xmiss= 83.95%. Images Woodfall1_T553.jpeg and Woodfall2_T553.jpeg available from MBARI: coolpix camera image taken from ROV Tiburon of woodfall from Dive Tiburon 553 at a depth of 3,053 meters.