Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834)

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

Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Tubastraea micranthus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Scleractinia; family: Dendrophyllidae; genus: Tubastraea; scientificNameAuthorship: Ehrenberg, 1834; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 21 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 tall with thick, erect branches. Maximum recorded size: 30 cm across. Corallites sparse, tubular and are clearly discernible both in-situ and on video footage. Colouration is dark green or black. T. micranthus is the only species of Tubastraea observed that could be continuously identified to species level (Fig. 82 ).

Figures

Figure 82. Tubastraea micranthus. Alphonse N 1, 60 m.