Primnoa 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

Primnoa sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Primnoa; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Primnoidae; genus: Primnoa; scientificNameAuthorship: Lamouroux, 1812; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 132 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 250 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 typically ~ 20 cm in height, fan-shaped, densely-branched, with fine branches and a strong tree-like appearance. The colouration of the branches is a light orange that tends to have a reddish tint (Fig. 63).