Amphiprion ord subsp. fam var. indet, . sp. 6

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

"ord. Actiniaria" fam. indet. sp. 6

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Actiniaria sp. 6; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Actiniaria; scientificNameAuthorship: Hertwig, 1882; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 250 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 250 m; locationRemarks: First Descent: Seychelles Expedition; Identification: identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender, 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

Round oral disc entirely covered by thick, long (with respect to the size of the disc) tentacles. Colour of oral disc unknown; tentacles dark brown to dark red with white tips. Further microscopic examination is needed for positive taxonomic identification (Fig. 20).