Acropora 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

Acropora sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Acropora; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Acroporidae; genus: Acropora; scientificNameAuthorship: Oken, 185; 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: 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

Wide range of morphologies; in the present survey, commonly digitate, branching or tabular. In this survey, colony size was typically <40 cm across. Visually distinct corallites, 0.7 to 1.3 mm in diameter, cylindrical in appearance. A key feature of this taxon are its differentiated axial corallites located at the tips of branches that are often pale or white; this should not be confused with bleaching-induced colour changes. Commonly in shades of brown, although other colours can occur (Fig. 74).