Acanthogorgia fam subsp. gen var. indet, . sp. 7
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Acanthogorgia fam subsp. gen var. indet |
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"fam. Plexauridae" gen. indet. sp. 7
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Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Plexauridae sp. 7; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Plexauridae; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1859; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Astove W 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 32 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 60 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
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Colonies up to 50 cm in height, bushy, with dense, short branches. Polyps are small, but numerous, giving the colony a fuzzy appearance. Dark brown to black with pale white to purple polyps (Fig. 53).
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