Annella 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

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scientific name

Annella sp. indet.
status

 

Annella sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Annella; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Subergorgiidae; genus: Annella; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1858; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 21.7 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 148.1 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Kaveh Samimi-Namin , 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

Colonies are fan-shaped and uniplanar. Branches display a high degree of anastomoses, forming net-like fans. Stalks are always attached to hard substrates. Colouration ranges from red to orange and yellow. Some colonies are larger than 2 m across. Often with crinoids commensals. The three known species of Annella are distinguished by the shape of the mesh (elongate or polygonal) (Fig. 65).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

Family

Tubiporidae