Rumphella 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

Rumphella sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Rumphella; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Gorgoniidae; genus: Rumphella; scientificNameAuthorship: Bayer, 1955; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 11.3 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 13 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 typically <1 m across, appear bushy, with either sparse, whip-like branches or dense shrub-like branches that have a smooth surface and blunt tips. Light brown to greyish colour (Fig. 39 ).

Figures

Figure 39. Rumphella sp. indet. Desroches S 1, 11 m.