Pachastrella 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

Pachastrella sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Pachastrella sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Tetractinellida; family: Pachastrellidae; genus: Pachastrella; scientificNameAuthorship: Schmidt, 1868; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 51 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 252.3 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Toufiek Samaai , 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

Massive or thickly foliose sponge with very rough, hispid surface. Maximum recorded size: 50 cm across. Rock hard texture. Colouration whitish with yellow to greenish patches (Fig. 172).