Isis fam subsp. gen 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

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scientific name

Isis fam subsp. gen var. indet
status

 

"fam. Melithaeidae" gen. indet. sp. 1

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Melithaeidae sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Melithaeidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1870; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 36.2 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 71.5 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, mostly fan-shaped and uniplanar, sometimes slightly bushy. Mostly dichotomously branched, where branches originate from the nodes. Colouration rich purple-reddish colour at the base that becomes lighter towards the tips of the branches. The centre of the colony always appears darker than the edges (Fig. 41).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

Family

Nephtheidae

Genus

Isis