Ulva 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

Ulva sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Ulva (cf.); kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Chlorophyta; class: Ulvophyceae; order: Ulvales; family: Ulvaceae; genus: Ulva; scientificNameAuthorship: Linnaeus, 1753; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 61.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 71.5 m; locationRemarks: First Descent: Seychelles Expedition; Identification: identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender, Lydiane Mattio, Jeanne Mortimer, 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

Thallus can vary in shape and resemble lettuce leaves. The thallus is composed of two layers of cells attached to the substratum by a holdfast made of rhizoidal proliferations. The overall shape of the algae is very variable depending on the environmental conditions. Colour varies from light to dark green (Fig. 9 ).

Figures

Figure 9. Ulva sp. indet. Desroches S 1, 60 m.