Record #44140 of 84938
E7866 E7868
Echinodermata Crinoidea Comatulida
Comatulidae Comaster schlegelii
Genus Species

BI-2020-011

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Specimen #14. Verbatim remarks: "Comaster schlegelii. Arms extending partly from crevice. 6 ft. Black in situ. Black with row of fine yellow speckles across articulations. Cirri white with red brown tips. Specimen fell apart overnight. Complete circlet of 18 cirri; radials narrowly visible; ray bases smooth but middle brachials with distal edges moderately everted (at right angles); arms est. 47; R est. 140 mm. Combs to P3. 2 large alpheid shrimps."

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Dive 9

W of Ulong I.

7.29° N
134.24° E

2.4 m

Nov. 29, 2002

SCUBA

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Charles Messing | Emilio Basilius | Pat Colin

Charles Messing

EtOH 95%

EtOH 50%

Depth indicates maximum depth for the dive, 8 ft. Verbatim description: "Patch reefs & isolated Porites lutea heads on shallow sand bottom, W of Ulong I. 07 134. Also dead staghorn Acropora in situ." Copied coordinates from Dive 8 also W of Ulong I. on the same day.