Muricella 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

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scientific name

Muricella sp. indet.
status

 

Muricella sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Muricella; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Acanthogorgiidae; genus: Muricella; scientificNameAuthorship: Verrill, 1868; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Alphonse N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 44 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 117 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 up to 1 m in height, fan-shaped and uniplanar with a high degree of ‘anastomosis’ (branch joins), giving the colonies a net-like appearance. In larger colonies, smaller branches may grow perpendicular to the main plane. Colour bright green to yellow. Occasionally with crinoid commensals (Fig. 27).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

Family

Alcyoniidae