Aplysilla 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

Aplysilla sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Aplysilla sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Dendroceratida; family: Darwinellidae; genus: Aplysilla; scientificNameAuthorship: Schulze 1878; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10.2 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 60 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Toufiek Samaai , 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, soft, encrusting sponge with surface uplifted into low conules, otherwise smooth. Oscules mounted at the end of oscular chimneys. Maximum recorded size: 40 cm across. Red or green colouration (Fig. 156).