Astrolirus patricki Zhang, Zhou, Xiao & Wang, 2020
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Family:  Brisingidae ()
Max. size: 
Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 1458 - 2125 m
Distribution:  Pacific Ocean: from the northwestern Pacific seamounts.
Diagnosis:  Arms 7, robust. Intercostal integument densely covered by irregular, abutting plates. No syzygy between proximal arm plates. The first pair of adambulacral plates separated by a pair of marginal plates. Alarge interradial plate above the first marginal plates, visible from the abactinal side, covered by scattered spinelets. Mouth spines and proximal adambulacral spines robust, densely distributed. Suboral spines 3-4; subambulacral spines 1-2, proximal ones truncate, capitate. One lateral spine to each adambulacral plate, starting from about the 8th. A pair of gonads to each arm. Color: orange.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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