Goniastrea 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

Goniastrea sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Goniastrea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Merulinidae; genus: Goniastrea; scientificNameAuthorship: Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 35.8 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Gilberte Gendron , Nico Fassbender , Paris Stefanoudis , Rowana Walton ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Colonies massive, sub-massive, plate-like or encrusting. Maximum recorded size: 80 cm across. Corallites are cerioid, uniformly shaped and 3.5 to 14 mm in diameter. The septo-costae are neatly arranged around the corallite chalices, giving them a serrated appearance. Colour shades of brown. Gardineroseris looks similar, but has corallites with smooth walls. Favites superficially similar, but has less regular septa (Fig. 94).