Hyalonema 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

Hyalonema sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Hyalonema sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Hexactinellida; order: Amphidiscosida; family: Hyalonematidae; genus: Hyalonema; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1832; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 250 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 250 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

A massive-globular sponge, less than 10 cm across, that creates a single giant basal spicule to anchor itself in the sediment. Smooth surface with rough-looking “stalk”. Colouration pale white (Fig. 181 ).

Figures

Figure 181. Hyalonema sp. indet. Aldabra W 1, 250 m.