Physogyra 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

Physogyra sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Physogyra; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Plerogyridae; genus: Physogyra; scientificNameAuthorship: Quelch, 1884; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 53 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 massive or form thick plates. Colony surface entirely covered in bubble-like, teardrop-shaped vesicles. Meandroid with short widely spaced valleys that are only visible when vesicles retract. Maximum recorded size: 1.5 m across. Corallites 18.0 mm in diameter. The colouration of the vesicles is always pale-whitish (Fig. 99).