Paraminabea 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

Paraminabea sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Paraminabea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Alcyoniidae; genus: Paraminabea; scientificNameAuthorship: Williams & Alderslade, 1999; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 123 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 128 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Kaveh Samimi-Namin , 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

Colonies are digitiform, with a short tapered stalk resembling a carrot, up to 10 cm long. Polyps are only extended at night. Colouration yellow, orange or red, with white polyps (Fig. 29).