Amphiprion ord subsp. fam var. indet, . sp. 3

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

"ord. Actiniaria" fam. indet. sp. 3

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Actiniaria sp. 3; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Actiniaria; scientificNameAuthorship: Hertwig, 1882; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 132 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 140.4 m; locationRemarks: First Descent: Seychelles Expedition; Identification: identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender, 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

Round oral disc (7 cm in diameter) with numerous thin tentacles (~ 6 cm long) along the outer edge of the disc. Oral disc pale to bright orange, tentacles translucent to pale white. Further microscopic examination is needed for positive taxonomic identification (Fig. 19 ).

Figures

Figure 19. Actiniaria fam. indet. sp. 3. Aldabra W 1, 120 m.