Myriopathes 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

Myriopathes sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Myriopathes; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Antipatharia; family: Myriopathidae; genus: Myriopathes; scientificNameAuthorship: Opresko, 2001; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 30 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 122.6 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Paris Stefanoudis , Daniel Wagner ; 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 1.8 m in height, densely branched, appearing rather bushy. Colouration ranges from brownish to grey and orange, with polyps coloured lighter than the branches (Fig. 24).