Pachyseris speciosa (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-

Pachyseris speciosa (Dana, 1846)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 3E30EDD5-32FA-55B9-8449-638953ADC254; Taxon: scientificName: Pachyseris speciosa ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa-Hexacorallia; order: Scleractinia ; family: Incerta saedis; genus: Pachyseris ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Dana, 1846); Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Vaavu, Laamu, Huvadhu, Addu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 8; 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

Colony laminar and unifacial. Surface shows a more ridged appearance with corallite in between ridges. Colony size ~ 25 cm in the longest dimension. Darker brown with paler margins (Fig. 85).