Spirastrella swinhoei subsp. f.

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

"class Demospongiae" order indet. sp. 4 f. Yellow encrusting sponges

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Demospongiae; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.8 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 249.9 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Toufiek Samaai , 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

Encrusting sponge with a bumpy or rough surface texture. Bright yellow to pale yellow. This group likely contains a variety of species belonging to different families; however, consistent positive identification was not always possible (e.g. due to distance from the camera) and, in most cases, requires microscopic examination. Observed genera included Cliona sp. and Haliclona sp. (Fig. 180).