Galaxea 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

Galaxea sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Galaxea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Euphylliidae; genus: Galaxea; scientificNameAuthorship: Oken, 1815; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 9.6 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

Massive or encrusting colonies, predominantly cushion-shaped or irregularly following the substrate. Maximum recorded size: 20 cm across. Corallites are between 3.5 to 6.0 mm, plocoid, cylindrical with relatively large, visible gaps. Septa are large and form tall, sharp points that are visible underwater. Tentacles can be extended during the day. Colours can be green to brown with yellow variants observed at Desroches (Fig. 84).