Stylopathes 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

Stylopathes sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Stylopathes; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Antipatharia; family: Stylopathidae; genus: Stylopathes; scientificNameAuthorship: Opresko, 2006; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, D'Arros N 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 245.6 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 350 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Paris Stefanoudis , Daniel Wagner ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Colonies up to 50 cm in height, columnar, monopodial or very sparsely branched. Thin bottlebrush-like appearance. Irregularly pinnulate. Whitish to pink colouration. Darker coloured central axis enclosed by bushy, lighter coloured branches and polyps. Appears similar to Cupressopathes , but the latter has a much more pronounced bottlebrush appearance (Fig. 26 ).

Figures

Figure 26. Stylopathes sp. indet. D'Arros N 1, 350 m.