Corallistes 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

Corallistes sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Corallistes sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Tetractinellida; family: Corallistidae; genus: Corallistes; scientificNameAuthorship: Schmidt, 1870; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Astove W 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 111.2 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 148.1 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Toufiek Samaai , 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

Cup-shaped sponge with a smooth, velvety surface. Up to 22 cm across; however, the majority ~ 10 cm. The funnel-shaped cup is anchored to the substrate with a short, stubby stem. Texture hard. Colour whitish to pale yellow (Fig. 171).