Solenocaulon fam subsp. gen var. indet, . sp. 1

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

"fam. Ellisellidae" gen. indet. sp. 1

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Ellisellidae sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Ellisellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1859; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 52.9 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 120.7 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 are small (<25 cm in height) and growing as stubby, finger-shaped branches. No central stalk was visible on the captured footage. Surface covered with polyps giving it a fuzzy appearance. Colony colour was orange with orange polyps (Fig. 33 ).

Figures

Figure 33. Ellisellidae gen. indet. sp. 1. Alphonse N 1, 103 m.