Astreopora 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

Astreopora sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Astreopora; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Acroporidae; genus: Astreopora; scientificNameAuthorship: Blainville, 1830; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 9.5 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 36.6 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

Colonies are massive, plating or encrusting. Maximum recorded size: 80 cm across. Polyps are conspicuous with corallites between 1.6 to 2.2 mm (typically distinguishable on video footage); resembling jet engines, sometimes of irregular sizes, always tightly packed. Coenosteum is typically spinous or flaky, giving colonies a granular appearance. Colourations range from pale-brown tones to dark orangy-brown. Can be confused with Turbinaria , but the latter has a smooth coenosteum with no elaborations, which gives it a smoother appearance (Fig. 75).