Aaptos 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. 2 f. Orange encrusting sponges

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Demospongiae; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; 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: 148.1 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 sponges of variable thickness and surface texture. Colouration shades of orange. 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 Biemna sp., Cliona sp. and Petrosia sp. (Fig. 178).