Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide Author Fassbender, Nico Nekton Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom nico@nektonmission.org Author Stefanoudis, Paris V https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4040-8364 Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom & Nekton Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom Author Filander, Zoleka Nontlantla https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6905-4440 Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Branch Oceans and Coasts, Cape Town, South Africa Author Gendron, Gilberte Sustainable Ocean Seychelles, Victoria, Seychelles Author Mah, Christopher L Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington, United States of America Author Mattio, Lydiane University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa & blue [c] weed, Brest, France Author Mortimer, Jeanne A Seychelles' Conservation & Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT), Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles & Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America & Island Conservation Society (ICS), Point Larue, Mahe, Seychelles Author Moura, Carlos J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6243-5988 OKEANOS / DOP, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal Author Samaai, Toufiek https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7269-293X Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Branch Oceans and Coasts, Cape Town, South Africa & University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa & iZiko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa & University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa Author Samimi-Namin, Kaveh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7744-9944 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands Author Wagner, Daniel Conservation International, Arlington, United States of America Author Walton, Rowana James Michel Blue Economy Research Institute, University of Seychelles, Anse Royale, Mahe ́, Seychelles Author Woodall, Lucy C https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7295-7184 Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom & Nekton Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom text Biodiversity Data Journal 2021 2021-08-27 9 65970 65970 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e65970 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e65970 1314-2828-9-e65970 A559676C573554B8A4CFB45D00F7A876 "fam. Fungiidae" gen. indet. sp. 2 Materials Type status: Other material . Taxon : scientificName: Fungiidae sp. 2; kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Cnidaria ; class: Anthozoa ; order: Scleractinia ; family: Fungiidae ; scientificNameAuthorship: Milne Edwards & Haime , 1849 / Lamarck , 1801; 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: 36.6 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 Solitary, free-living, except juveniles of Fungia that are firmly attached to substrates. Forms oval to round discs. Maximum recorded size: 19 cm across. Septa radiating out from the slit-like central mouth. Individuals belong to either Cycloseis or Fungia ; however, these two genera cannot be consistently distinguished from video footage alone. Fungia tends to be more prominent on reef areas and its septa are serrated. Corallite size up to 300 mm. Cycloseris tends to be more prominent in non-reef environments and has smooth septa. Corallite size between 40.0 and 80.0 mm (Fig. 86 ).