Overview of the Ferdina - like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species Author Mah, Christopher L. text Zootaxa 2017 4271 1 1 72 journal article 32974 10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1 f3ad9b4c-35d8-4a01-a14b-3dd968623358 1175-5326 583192 50496AC4-D639-49A7-9249-386B037DAE72 Ferdina flavescens Gray 1840 Figure 4 A,C,E Gray 1840 : 282; deLoriol 1885: 47; Livingstone 1931 : 305; A.M. Clark 1967 : 192; Clark & Rowe 1971 : 34, 65 (in key); Marsh & Campbell 1991 : 218; Bollard et al. 2013 : 495, 496; Conand et al. 2016 : Occurrence. Mascarene Islands ( Reunion , Mauritius ), Europa Island , Mozambique , 0– 30 m . Taxonomic notes. Although first described by Gray (1840) , few data are available for this species. All known occurrence data for F. flavescens is reported from shallow-water settings in the west Indian Ocean region. More recently, this species has been reported from the African mainland ( Mozambique ) and nearby Europa Island ( Conand et al. 2016 ). Although relatively little morphological variation has been reported, living color for this species is reported to be primarily yellow to brown/gold for the large plates on the abactinal surface and dark brown-red for the surface around the convex plates.In some individuals the colors on the disk and the body surface are nearly identical. Material examined. MNHN-IE-2013-6603; No data; Coll. Michelin 1868; 1 dry spec. R=3.6, r=0.8.