Xenia ord subsp. fam var. indet, . sp. 1

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

"ord. Alcyonacea" fam. indet. sp. 1

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Alcyonacea sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1859; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 114.5 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 120.7 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 up to 20 cm in height, flat and fan-shaped, displaying dense, dichotomous branching. Polyps are numerous, giving the colony a fuzzy appearance. Light blue colouration with dark blue polyps (Fig. 68).