Thyroscyphus 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

Thyroscyphus sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Thyroscyphus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Hydrozoa; order: Macrocolonia; family: Thyroscyphidae; genus: Thyroscyphus; scientificNameAuthorship: Allman, 1877; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 15.5 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 138.5 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Carlos Moura , 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 irregularly branched in one plane, with stem stiff and unfascicled (i.e. with a single perisarc tube). Hydrothecae relatively prominent, pedicellated, not annulated and without nematothecae. Colouration yellowish to reddish (Fig. 112).