Haliclona sp. indet. 2

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

Haliclona sp. indet. 2

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Haliclona sp. 2; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Haplosclerida; family: Chalinidae; genus: Haliclona; scientificNameAuthorship: Grant, 1841; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1, Astove W 1, D'Arros N 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 72 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

Morphology can vary from thin encrusting to laterally spreading masses of branches and protrusions. Maximum recorded size: 50 cm across. Can form tubes as seen above. Oscules either spread across the surface or at the top of tubes. Colour purple to grey (Fig. 159).