Pectinia 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

Pectinia sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Pectinia; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Merulinidae; genus: Pectinia; scientificNameAuthorship: Blainvile, 1825; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1, Astove W 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 11.3 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 15 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

Dome-shaped or laminar colonies, forming thick plates. Maximum recorded size: 30 cm across. Corallites 4.5 to 24.0 mm. With thin-walled, meandering valleys that increase in depth towards the centre of the colony. Some colonies branch towards the centre. Colour ranges from light brown to grey or green. Platygyra can appear similar from afar; however, has valleys of uniform depth. Its valleys tend to have a rougher texture due to its highly developed septa, often with a flattened top and green mouths (Fig. 96 ).

Figures

Figure 96. Pectinia sp. indet. Astove W 1, 10 m.