Udotea spp. 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

Udotea spp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Udotea; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Chlorophyta; class: Ulvophyceae; order: Bryopsidales; family: Udoteaceae; genus: Udotea; scientificNameAuthorship: Lamouroux, 1812; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 3 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 36.5 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Lydiane Mattio , Jeanne Mortimer , 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

A green calcified seaweed composed of a stipe and either a single or several fan-shaped blades. It is anchored to the bottom by uncalcified tufts of rhizoids, which vary in shape depending on the substratum, most commonly sand. Udotea species are common in coral reef ecosystems and occur globally from tropical to subtropical latitudes. Two species were identified from collections ( Udotea sp. indet. 1 and sp. indet. 2); however, it was not possible to distinguish between them from underwater images alone (Fig. 6).