Amphiprion 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. Actiniaria" fam. indet. sp. 1

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Actiniaria sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Actiniaria; scientificNameAuthorship: Hertwig, 1882; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, D'Arros N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 230 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 254.1 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , 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

Round oral disc (~ 4 cm in diameter) with numerous short tentacles (~ 1.5 cm) along the outer edge of the disc. Colour orange to reddish. Further microscopic examination is necessary for positive taxonomic identification (Fig. 17 ).

Figures

Figure 17. Actiniaria fam. indet. sp. 1. Aldabra W 1, 250 m.