Gardineroseris 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

Gardineroseris sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Gardineroseris; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Agariciidae; genus: Gardineroseris; scientificNameAuthorship: Scheer & Pillai, 1974; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 15 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Gilberte Gendron , Nico Fassbender , Paris Stefanoudis , Rowana Walton ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagerySubmersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Colonies are massive or encrusting with laminar margins. Maximum recorded size: 35 cm across. Corallites are immersed with distinct, steeply sloping acutely ridged walls whose ridges can appear pale, giving the colony a honeycomb-like appearance. Corallite size 3.0 mm in diameter. Colours range from yellowish to shades of light and dark brown. Goniastrea appears similar, but has highly visible septa that give the colony walls a serrated appearance, with colonies coloured more pale brown-whitish, rather than the uniform brown of Gardineroseris (Fig. 78 ).

Figures

Figure 78. Gardineroseris sp. indet. Astove W 1, 10 m.