Hydnophora 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

Hydnophora sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Hydnophora; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Merulinidae; genus: Hydnophora; scientificNameAuthorship: Fischer von Waldheim, 1807; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Alphonse N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 10 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Gilberte Gendron , Nico Fassbender , Paris Stefanoudis , Rowana Walton ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Colonies massive, encrusting or branching. Maximum recorded size: 30 cm across. The colony surface is covered in skeletal bumps ( ‘hydnophores’) that appear as lemon-squeezers or juicers, with small corallites, 3.0 to 4.0 mm in size, clustered in between. Hydnophores are often brighter than the corallites, with the latter being commonly brown to grey-green (Fig. 95 ).

Figures

Figure 95. Hydnophora sp. indet. Massive colony. Alphonse N 1, 10 m.