Tubipora sp. indet.

Fassbender, Nico, Stefanoudis, Paris V, Filander, Zoleka Nontlantla, Gendron, Gilberte, Mah, Christopher L, Mattio, Lydiane, Mortimer, Jeanne A, Moura, Carlos J, Samaai, Toufiek, Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, Wagner, Daniel, Walton, Rowana & Woodall, Lucy C, 2021, Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 65970-65970 : 65970

Tubipora sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Tubipora; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Tubiporidae; genus: Tubipora; scientificNameAuthorship: Linnaeus, 1758; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Alphonse N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 10 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Kaveh Samimi-Namin , Paris Stefanoudis ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Colonies are thickly encrusted to massive and hemispherical, made up of upright, connected, parallel tubes that house a single polyp. Colonies can form step-like morphologies, growing on multilevel, horizontal platforms. Polyps are typically extended and visible. The skeleton of live individuals is always covered by polyps. The colouration of the skeleton is bright to dark red, with tentacles coloured in variations of pale, cream, green and white. Maximum recorded size: 55 cm across (Fig. 66).