Paracis gen. inc.

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

Paracis gen. inc.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Paracis (cg.); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Plexauridae; genus: Paracis; scientificNameAuthorship: Kükenthal, 1919; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 31.1 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 71.5 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 up to 60 cm in height, uniplanar and profusely branched. With a thick central stem and visibly thinner branches. Colour observed here was a distinctly bright red, with pink, yellow and pale-blue also common (Fig. 61 ).

Figures

Figure 61. Paracis gen. inc. Aldabra N 1, 60 m.