Leiopathes 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

Leiopathes sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Leiopathes; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Antipatharia; family: Leiopathidae; genus: Leiopathes; scientificNameAuthorship: Haime, 1849; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Alphonse N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 250 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 250 m; locationRemarks: First Descent: Seychelles Expedition; Identification: identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender, Paris Stefanoudis, Daniel Wagner; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Colonies observed were large (> 2 m in height), fan-shaped and uniplanar. With thick, central stalk and several finer branches. Colour dark red to orange (Fig. 22).