Nicella sp. indet.

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

Nicella sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Nicella; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Ellisellidae; genus: Nicella; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1870; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, Aldabra W 1, Astove W 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 58.6 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 148.1 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Kaveh Samimi-Namin , 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

Colonies up to 1.5 m in height, fan-shaped, with sparse, fine branches typically growing in one plane. Colonies sometimes show dichotomous branching and never show anastomoses. Branching starts from the bottom, hence, the stalk is rarely visible. Colour white with dark-brown to black coloured polyps (Fig. 37)