Oxypora crassispinosa Nemenzo, 1979

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-

Oxypora crassispinosa Nemenzo, 1979

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Oxypora crassispinosa ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa-Hexacorallia; order: Scleractinia ; family: Lobophyllidae; genus: Oxypora ; scientificNameAuthorship: Nemenzo, 1979; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Vaavu, Addu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 26; 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

Laminar colonies, forming thin plates, sometimes forming tiers. Colony size ~ 32 cm in the longest dimension. With thin-walled, meandering valleys, some branch towards the centre. Colour from light brown to grey or green (Fig. 91).