Platygyra 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

Platygyra sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Platygyra; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Merulinidae; genus: Platygyra; scientificNameAuthorship: Ehrenberg, 1834; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 250 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 massive, dome-shaped or encrusting. Corallites forming dense meandroid valleys, giving the colony a maze-like appearance. Maximum recorded size: 40 cm across. Corallite size between 4.0 to 6.0 mm. Colour typically shades of brown or green. Can look similar to some meandering colonies of Lobophyllia , but the latter has typically wider ridges that are often serrated. Some colonies look also similar to Leptoria ; however, the latter has much thinner and more meandroid walls with more uniform valleys (Fig. 97).