Echinophyllia 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

Echinophyllia sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Echinophyllia; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Lobophylliidae; genus: Echinophyllia; scientificNameAuthorship: Klunzinger, 1879; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 9.7 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 71.5 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Gilberte Gendron , Nico Fassbender , Paris Stefanoudis , Rowana Walton ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Colonies are thickly encrusting or laminar. Maximum recorded size: 1 m across. Large, round or oval protuberant corallites that are visible underwater, 4.0 to 15.0 mm in diameter. Septa are numerous and form visible ridges running along the surface towards the edge of the colony; the colony edge appears serrated. Septa resemble dripping candle wax. Corallites are scattered and often separated by a gap of several mm. Colouration brown, commonly with pale or whitish scalloped edges. Mycedium looks similar, but can be distinguished by its larger corallites that are facing towards the edges of the colonies and are shaped like noses (Fig. 89).