Dictyosphaeria 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

Dictyosphaeria sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Dictyosphaeria; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Chlorophyta; class: Ulvophyceae; order: Cladophorales; family: Siphonocladaceae; genus: Dictyosphaeria; scientificNameAuthorship: Decaisne, 1842; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Astove W 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 12 m; locationRemarks: First Descent: Seychelles Expedition; Identification: identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender, Lydiane Mattio, Jeanne Mortimer, 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

A green algae that forms somewhat encrusting, hollow or solid, globose or flattened thalli made of vesicular segments (pseudoparenchymatous cushion of polygonal cells). They are attached to the substratum by rhizoids produced by basal vesicles (Fig. 8 ).

Figures

Figure 8. Dictyosphaeria sp. indet. Astove W 1, 10 m.