Lobophyllia 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

Lobophyllia sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Lobophyllia; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Lobophylliidae; genus: Lobophyllia; scientificNameAuthorship: Blainville, 1830; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 39.4 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 massive, sub-massive or flat-topped. Maximum recorded size: 50 cm across. Most colonies in this survey with corallites forming valleys of varying length, resembling ear-lobes or meandering ridges. Often with spiky appearance due to large skeletal teeth. Large corallites that range in size from 13.0 to 35.0 mm. Colours range from brown and greyish-green to bright orange and shades of purple. Platygyra looks similar, but has narrower valleys deepening towards the colony centres, whereas Lobophyllia has evenly deep ridges (Fig. 90).