Herpolitha 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. Fungiidae" gen. indet. sp. 2

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Fungiidae sp. 2; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Fungiidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 / Lamarck, 1801; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 36.6 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Gilberte Gendron , Nico Fassbender , Paris Stefanoudis , Rowana Walton ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Solitary, free-living, except juveniles of Fungia that are firmly attached to substrates. Forms oval to round discs. Maximum recorded size: 19 cm across. Septa radiating out from the slit-like central mouth. Individuals belong to either Cycloseis or Fungia ; however, these two genera cannot be consistently distinguished from video footage alone. Fungia tends to be more prominent on reef areas and its septa are serrated. Corallite size up to 300 mm. Cycloseris tends to be more prominent in non-reef environments and has smooth septa. Corallite size between 40.0 and 80.0 mm (Fig. 86).