| Echinodermata | Crinoidea | Comatulida |
| Comatulidae | Comaster | schlegelii |
| Genus | Species |
BI-2020-011
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Specimen #3. Verbatim remarks: "Comaster schlegelii (one observed) in loose meridional posture, completely exposed and raised off low rubble & sand bottom on curled arms. 65 ft. White with distal portion of arms dark green in situ. Cirri white with black & yellow tips; ray bases black; most of arms white; distal arms chiefly black with yellow articulations; pinnules white or white basally and black in distal half with yellow tips. Disk pale bluish-white with black stripes. Ray L = 190 mm; disk diameter 30-35 mm (25 across marginal ambulacral groove); cd diam = 5 mm; cirrus XVI, 15, L = 12 mm. Arm preserved in 95% EtOH. Specimen released on second dive."
Dive 1
Ngerikuul Pass, between Ngeteklou I. and Ngermeuangel I.
7.3188° N
134.4978° E
19.8 m
Nov. 24, 2002
SCUBA
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Chuck Messing | Pat Colin
Charles Messing
EtOH 95%
EtOH 50%
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Depth indicates maximum depth for the dive, 65 ft. Verbatim description: "Rubble slope along basin margin with occasional large heads & boulders. Corals numerous but somewhat scattered. Abundant Carijoa and hydroids on slopes. Slope becoming gentle & much sandier with scattered rubble in 55 ft."