Trimuricea 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

Trimuricea sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Trimuricea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Plexauridae; genus: Trimuricea; scientificNameAuthorship: Gordon, 1926; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 58.6 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 148.1 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Kaveh Samimi-Namin , 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 <50 cm in height, fan-shaped and uniplanar. Dense, fine branches displaying a high degree of anastomoses, giving the colony a mesh-like appearance. Colour pale yellow-green to grey (Fig. 62 ).

Figures

Figure 62. Trimuricea sp. indet. Aldabra N 1, 120 m.