Radianthus magnifica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

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-

Radianthus magnifica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Radianthus magnifica ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa-Hexacorallia; order: Actiniaria ; family: Stichodactylidae ; genus: Radianthus ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833); Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Addu, Fuvahmulah ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10; maximumDepthInMeters: 30; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Oral disc covered in densely packed long tentacles with blunt or slightly swollen tips. Column exposed with a flared look and bright coloured often in pink and purple shades (Fig. 48).