Microdictyon 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

Microdictyon sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Microdictyon; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Chlorophyta; class: Ulvophyceae; order: Cladophorales; family: Anadyomenaceae; genus: Microdictyon; scientificNameAuthorship: Decaisne, 1841; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 33.4 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 36.5 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

Thin, leaf-like green algae made of complanate, monostromatic, reticulate blades that occasionally form dense mats (Fig. 7).