Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846)

Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 120128-e 120128 : e120128-

Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Gardineroseris planulata ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa-Hexacorallia; order: Scleractinia ; family: Agariciidae ; genus: Gardineroseris ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Dana, 1846); Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Vaavu, Laamu, Huvadhu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10; maximumDepthInMeters: 30; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis, Mariyam Shidha Afzal, Hana Amir; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Rounded colonies that are massive or sub-massive. Corallites lie in deep depressions with sharp-edged walls that give the colony a scalloped, honey-comb appearance. Deeper depressions of the corallites and lack of paliform lobes make it distinctive from Coelastrea . Colony size ~ 19 cm in the longest dimension. Colours range from yellowish to shades of light and dark brown. Officially, only this species of Gardineroseris has been officially recorded in Maldivian waters (Fig. 67 ).

Figures

Figure 67. Gardineroseris planulata, Laamu, 10 m.