Haliclona fam subsp. gen var. indet, . sp. 1

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

"fam. Petrosiidae" gen. indet. sp. 1

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Petrosiidae sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Haplosclerida; family: Petrosiidae; scientificNameAuthorship: van Soest, 1980; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Alphonse N 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 51 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 128 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 multiple small oscules prominent. Maximum recorded size: 20 cm across. The surface appears smooth. Irregular knobs or lobes are present. Might be covered in epifauna. Colour cream brown to greenish. Specimens belong to either Petrosia or Neopetrosi a; however, it is not possible to distinguish them from video footage alone without further microscopic examination (Fig. 161 ).

Figures

Figure 161. Petrosiidae gen. indet. sp. 1. Alphonse N 1, 96 m.