Isis fam subsp. gen var. indet, . sp. 2

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

"fam. Melithaeidae" gen. indet. sp. 2

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Melithaeidae sp. 2; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Melithaeidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1870; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 120 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 120 m; locationRemarks: First Descent: Seychelles Expedition; Identification: identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender, Kaveh Samimi-Namin, 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

Colonies up to 60 cm in height, mostly fan-shaped, multiplanar with irregular branching. The periphery of the colony is rather sinuous. The main stem has a distinct orange colour with additional branches becoming successively lighter; tips of the branches appear almost white (Fig. 42).