Tubastraea 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

Tubastraea sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Tubastraea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Dendrophyllidae; genus: Tubastraea; scientificNameAuthorship: Lesson, 1830; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 9.7 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 67.9 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Gilberte Gendron , Nico Fassbender , Paris Stefanoudis , Rowana Walton ; dateIdentified: Gilberte Gendron , Nico Fassbender , Paris Stefanoudis , Rowana Walton ; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Small (typically <10 cm) branching colonies. Branches ending in tubular corallites. Corallites have high, thin walls with well-defined septa. Colouration normally dark green or black, in our survey orange or grey (Fig. 81).