Dichotella 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

Dichotella sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Dichotella; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Ellisellidae; genus: Dichotella; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1870; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: D'Arros N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 62.1 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 71.4 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 with sparse or rich dichotomous branching - in this survey, the sparsely branched form, seen in Fig. 35 below, was more common. Colonies can appear bushy to planar. The maximum recorded colony size was 50 cm in height. Branches are thick and relatively short and split into smaller branches towards the periphery of the colony. Colouration is red to orange. Ellisella looks similar, but its colonies branch from the bottom and branches tend to be longer and whip-like (Fig. 35 ).

Figures

Figure 35. Dichotella sp. indet. D'Arros N 1, 60 m.