Dendronephthya sp. indet. 2

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

Dendronephthya sp. indet. 2

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Dendronephthya sp. 2; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Nephtheidae; genus: Dendronephthya; scientificNameAuthorship: Kükenthal, 1905; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 20 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 120 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 umbellate up to 20 cm in height, with polyp bunches closely arranged at the same level on the end of small branches (twigs), forming umbrella-like crowns. Creamy-white colour (Fig. 45).