Oulophyllia 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

Oulophyllia sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Oulophyllia; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Merulinidae; genus: Oulophyllia; scientificNameAuthorship: Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 250 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

Colonies massive appearing thickly encrusting. Maximum recorded size: 20 cm across. The colony surface consists of monocentric to meandroid, thin and ragged walls forming large valleys. Paliform lobes are commonly observed. Corallites between 12.0 to 15.0 mm in diameter. Colouration shades of brown. Platygyra and Favites appear similar, but both possess finer skeletal features (Fig. 98).