Clathria 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

Clathria sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Clathria sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Poecilosclerida; family: Microcionidae; genus: Clathria; scientificNameAuthorship: Schmidt, 1862; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 9.7 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 72 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

Thickly encrusting, sub-massive to fan-shaped morphology. Short stalk present in the fan-shaped form with thick, fleshy lobes. Maximum recorded size: 30 cm across. The surface appears rough, crinkly and conulose, corrugated longitudinally with shallow ridges. Oscules are inconspicuous and spread throughout the surface. Colour dark orange to orange-yellow (Fig. 168).