Theonella 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

Theonella sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Thonella sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Tetractinellida; family: Theonellidae; genus: Theonella; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1868; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Astove W 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 10 m; locationRemarks: First Descent: Seychelles Expedition; Identification: identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender, Toufiek Samaai, 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

Thickly encrusting sponge, sometimes with shallow, bumpy tubes. Maximum recorded size: 15 cm across. Conspicuous, terminal oscules that can appear clustered on the surface, giving it a mammiform appearance. Smooth, velvety surface. Dark brick-red colouration (Fig. 176).