Neopetrosi 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. Petrosiidae" gen. indet. sp. 2

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Petrosiidae sp. 2; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Haplosclerida; family: Petrosiidae; scientificNameAuthorship: van Soest, 1980; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Astove W 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 52 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Toufiek Samaai , 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

Encrusting sponge with multiple oscules on the surface; surface smooth with a stony appearance. Maximum recorded size: 10 cm across. Sometimes irregular knobs or lobes present. Might be covered in epifauna. Colour cream brown to orange or red. Specimens belong to either Petrosia or Neopetrosi a; however, it is not possible to distinguish them from video footage alone without further microscopic examination. It differs from Petrosiidae sp. 1 by having more prominent and conspicuous oscules (Fig. 162).