Goniopora 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

Goniopora sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Goniopora; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Poritidae; genus: Goniopora; scientificNameAuthorship: de Blainville, 1830; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 36.3 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 with a range of growth forms; in this survey, mostly massive. This genus is easily recognised by the long, fleshy polyps that are extended day and night. Maximum recorded size: 1 m across. Corallites between 2.2 and 5.0 mm in size. Alveopora appears very similar and, if in close view, can be distinguished by the number of polyp tentacles ( Goniopora : 24, Alveopora : 12) (Fig. 104 ).

Figures

Figure 104. Goniopora sp. indet. Massive colony. Aldabra W 1, 10 m.