Lithophyllon undulatum, Rehberg, 1892

Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 120128-e 120128 : e120128-

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scientific name

Lithophyllon undulatum
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Lithophyllon undulatum View in CoL sp. inc. Rehberg, 1892

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Lithophyllon undulatum ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa-Hexacorallia; order: Scleractinia ; family: Fungiidae ; genus: Lithophyllon ; scientificNameAuthorship: Rehberg, 1892; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Vaavu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 65; maximumDepthInMeters: 65; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis, Mariyam Shidha Afzal, Hana Amir; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Encrusting colonies which form a flat lamina with lobed margins. Size ~ 10 cm in the longest dimension. Brownish-red in colour with protruding septo-costae (Fig. 83).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Fungiidae

Genus

Lithophyllon