Xenia ord subsp. fam var. indet, . sp. 5

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

"ord. Alcyonacea" fam. indet. sp. 5

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Alcyonacea sp. 5; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; scientificNameAuthorship: Lamouroux, 1812; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Astove W 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 49.1 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 62.3 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 50 cm in height, fan-shaped, growing in multiple planes. Conspicuous central stem with many side branches. Branches appear fuzzy due to conspicuous polyps. Colour pink to fuchsia with polyps covered similar to the main colour, yet slightly lighter (Fig. 72 ).

Figures

Figure 72. Alcyonacea fam. indet. sp. 5. Astove W 1, 60 m.