Favites 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

Favites sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Favites; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Merulinidae; genus: Favites; scientificNameAuthorship: Link, 1807; 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: 8.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 52 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, sub-massive or encrusting. Maximum recorded size: 60 cm across. Corallites are cerioid, with oblong or polygonal calyces of even size, between 3.0 to 25.0 mm across; they share walls that can be smooth or serrated-looking. Colours vary from brown to yellow and sometimes orange or green. Dipsastraea appears superficially similar, but corallites do not share walls (Fig. 93).