Dendronephthya sp. indet. 1

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

Dendronephthya sp. indet. 1

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Dendronephthya sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Nephtheidae; genus: Dendronephthya; scientificNameAuthorship: Kükenthal, 1905; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 85 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 123.4 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

Bushy colonies up to 20 cm in height, with close, short branching and distinct, large, round polyp bunches at the end of each branch. Colonies can show one of three growth forms: divaricate (sparse, arborescent branching with bundled polyps), glomerate (close, short branching with polyps forming rounded bunches) or umbellate (polyps forming umbrella-like crowns that may combine to form hemispheres). White stalk with polyps of red, orange, purple, yellow, pink or white colour (Fig. 44).