Muricella 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

Muricella sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Muricella; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Acanthogorgiidae; genus: Muricella; scientificNameAuthorship: Verrill, 1868; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Alphonse N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 44 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 117 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 1 m in height, fan-shaped and uniplanar with a high degree of ‘anastomosis’ (branch joins), giving the colonies a net-like appearance. In larger colonies, smaller branches may grow perpendicular to the main plane. Colour bright green to yellow. Occasionally with crinoid commensals (Fig. 27).