Thelenota fam subsp. stet, .

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. Sabellidae" stet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Sabellidae sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Annelida; class: Polychaeta; order: Sabellida; family: Sabellidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Latreille, 1825; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 120 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 250 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

Tube-dwelling worms with highly modified branchial crowns that form large fans. Crowns appear feathery and are separated into two clusters. Colours can vary and range from white to brown. Some species brightly coloured in pink, blue or green. Here orange. This group likely contains a variety of species that are difficult to identify from images; hence, no attempt was made to identify them at a lower taxonomic level (Fig. 149 ).

Figures

Figure 149. Sabellidae stet. Alphonse N 1, 250 m.