taxonID	type	description	language	source
03A90B6E3A335D0F95B5FC4089A4F812.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype (in alcohol). Indian Ocean, Scattered Is., Europa I., station 10 Bio 90, 22 ° 20 ' 35 '' S 40 ° 22 ' 55 '' E, under rock on reef flat, C. Conand, 10 Nov 2011, MNHN IE – 2013 – 617 (in alcohol). Paratypes. Type locality and date, MNHN IE – 2013 – 618 (11, in alcohol); NMV F 189860 (8, in alcohol).	en	O’Loughlin, Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie (2013): Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613 (2): 176-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5
03A90B6E3A335D0F95B5FC4089A4F812.taxon	description	Description. Fissiparous Aquilonastra species; rays 5 – 7, predominantly 6, rarely 7, largest specimens with 5; up to R = 4 mm, r = 2 mm (preserved in alcohol); rays discrete, wide basally tapering to rounded end distally; more than one inconspicuous madreporite; some abactinal contiguous spinelets over papulae possibly act as pedicellariae, spinelets not differentiated as valves; abactinal gonopores. At R = 4 mm, plates with proximal notch or indentation for papula, rarely doubly notched; single large papula per papular space; single longitudinal series of single papulae along each side of rays; abactinal spinelets glassy, rugose, predominantly digitiform, spinous distally and laterally, up to rarely 10 per plate; marginal plates in regular series, subequal; superomarginal spinelets up to about 5 per plate; inferomarginal spinelets up to about 8 per plate. Spines per actinal plate: oral 4 – 5, suboral 1, furrow 3 (4 rare), subambulacral 1 (2 rare), actinal inter-radial 1 (2 rare); inter-radial spines predominantly subsacciform, spinous distally. Colour (live). Variably mottled, predominantly with green, never with red, madreporites orange (photo from C. Conand).	en	O’Loughlin, Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie (2013): Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613 (2): 176-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5
03A90B6E3A335D0F95B5FC4089A4F812.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Indian Ocean, Mozambique Channel, Scattered Is., Europa I., 0 – 1 m.	en	O’Loughlin, Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie (2013): Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613 (2): 176-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5
03A90B6E3A335D0F95B5FC4089A4F812.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named chantalae for Dr Chantal Conand, Professor Emeritus, University of La Réunion, in appreciation of Chantal’s considerable contribution to echinoderm research and provision of specimens for this study.	en	O’Loughlin, Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie (2013): Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613 (2): 176-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5
03A90B6E3A335D0F95B5FC4089A4F812.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The similar small fissiparous asterinid species Aquilonastra conandae O’Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 from the Mascarene Islands is distinguishing amongst western Indo-Pacific fissiparous species of Aquilonastra O’Loughlin, 2004 in O’Loughlin & Rowe 2006. Twenty nine paratypes (NMV F 107412) in Museum Victoria were compared and contrasted directly with specimens of Aquilonastra chantalae sp. nov. Diagnostic characters that distinguish Aquilonastra chantalae sp. nov. from Aquilonastra conandae O’Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 are listed in the table.	en	O’Loughlin, Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie (2013): Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613 (2): 176-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5
03A90B6E3A335D0F95B5FDDF8A9FFC6B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Rays 5, or 5 – 8 in fissiparous species; inter-radial margin deeply incurved, form stellate; rays discrete, broad at base, tapering, rounded distally; flat actinally, high convex abactinally; abactinal plates in longitudinal series, not perpendicular to margin; papulate areas extensive; papulae predominantly single, large, in longitudinal series along sides of rays; abactinal plates with glassy convexities; abactinal spinelets and actinal spines predominantly fine, glassy, conical or sacciform or splay-pointed sacciform, in bands or tufts, numerous (10 – 40 per plate); actinal plates in longitudinal, not oblique, series; superambulacral plates present for all of ray, sometimes for part of ray or absent in pedomorphic species; superactinal plates present.	en	O’Loughlin, Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie (2013): Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613 (2): 176-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5
03A90B6E3A365D0A95B5FD298B3CFB47.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Indian Ocean, Scattered Is., Europa I., station 10 Bio 90, 22 ° 21 ' S 40 ° 23 ' E, under rock on reef flat, C. Conand, 10 Nov 2011, MNHN IE – 2013 – 619 (in alcohol).	en	O’Loughlin, Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie (2013): Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613 (2): 176-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5
03A90B6E3A365D0A95B5FD298B3CFB47.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Indian Ocean, Côtes d? Arabie, E Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, E South Africa, Sodwana Bay; under boulders and in crevices in rocks and live coral; 0 – 20 m (O’Loughlin & Rowe 2006).	en	O’Loughlin, Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie (2013): Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613 (2): 176-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5
03A90B6E3A365D0A95B5FD298B3CFB47.taxon	discussion	Remarks. O’Loughlin & Rowe 2006 reported Aquilonastra richmondi for the east Africa coast as far south as Sodwana Bay, and for the west Indian Ocean and Madagascar. The occurrence on Europa Island is within this distribution range. Aquilonastra rowleyi O’Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 and Aquilonastra samyni O’Loughlin & Rowe, 2006 were also reported for specimens collected from Sodwana Bay in KwaZulu Natal. These three species, together with Aquilonastra chantalae sp. nov., are the only four species of Aquilonastra O’Loughlin, 2004 occurring in the south-west Indian Ocean	en	O’Loughlin, Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie (2013): Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613 (2): 176-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5
