Solenocaulon 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

Solenocaulon sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Solenocaulon; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Anthothelidae; genus: Solenocaulon; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1862; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 21 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 72 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 were up to 40 cm in height (Fig. 32 b) and identified by their irregular and uniplanar branches. Polyps are conspicuous and give the colony a fuzzy appearance. Colouration ranges from red or light brown to pink and yellow, the latter two commonly encountered during this survey. Polyps are normally whitish (Fig. 32).