Turbinaria 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

Turbinaria sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Turbinaria; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Dendrophyllidae; genus: Turbinaria; scientificNameAuthorship: Oken, 1815; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 35 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 laminar, columnar, dome-shaped or foliaceous. Maximum recorded size: 1.3 m across. Frequently contorted; laminar and foliaceous growth forms often with paler margins. Corallites usually only on one surface, round and well-spaced from each other; often form tubular raised mounts giving the coral a bumpy texture. Corallite size 1.5 to 4.0 mm. Smooth coenosteum. Colouration ranging from beige to shades of brown and green. Astreopora appears similar; however, has a granulated coenosteum (Fig. 83).