Codium 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

Codium sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Codium; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Chlorophyta; class: Ulvophyceae; order: Bryopsidales; family: Codiaceae; genus: Codium; scientificNameAuthorship: Stackhouse, 1797; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 33.4 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 65.5 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Lydiane Mattio , Jeanne Mortimer , 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

Seaweed whose thallus can display erect or prostrate forms, usually stiff. Erect forms (as observed here) display dichotomous branching, attached to the substratum by groups of rhizoids. The colour is dark green, sometimes with a brownish tint (Fig. 4 ).

Figures

Figure 4. Codium sp. indet. Poivre E 1, 60 m.