Oceanapia 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

Oceanapia sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Oceanapia sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Haplosclerida; family: Phloeodictyidae; genus: Oceanapia; scientificNameAuthorship: Norman, 1869; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 110.7 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 148.1 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; dateIdentified: Nico Fassbender , Toufiek Samaai , Paris Stefanoudis ; identificationRemarks: 2019, 2020; Event : samplingProtocol: identified only from imagery; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Thick encrusting to massive sponges with a rough surface dominated by prominent oscules. Maximum recorded size: 25 cm across. Grey-whitish colouration (Fig. 165).