Acanthogorgia fam subsp. gen var. indet, . sp. 5

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. Plexauridae" gen. indet. sp. 5

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Plexauridae sp. 5; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Plexauridae; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1859; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 58.6 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 67.9 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 30 cm in height, uniplanar, branching dichotomously from the bottom of the colony with no clear mainstem visible. Conspicuously monodirectional upward branching pattern. Branches covered in small polyps and appear fuzzy. Dark brown with grey-brow polyps (Fig. 51 ).

Figures

Figure 51. Plexauridae gen. indet. sp. 5. Desroches S 1, 60 m.