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
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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
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Thelenota ananas (Jaeger, 1833)
Materials
Type status:
Other material
.
Taxon:
scientificName: Thelenota ananas; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Holothuroidea; order: Synallactida; family: Stichopodidae; genus: Thelenota; scientificNameAuthorship: Jaeger, 1833;
Location:
waterBody: Indian Ocean; country:
Seychelles
; locality:
Aldabra N
1
; minimumDepthInMeters:
10 m
; maximumDepthInMeters:
10 m
; locationRemarks: First Descent:
Seychelles
Expedition;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
Nico Fassbender, 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
Commonly known as "Prickly Redfish", the body surface of this sea cucumber is almost entirely covered in spike-like papillae. Large (up to 50 cm long in this survey) and heavy-bodied with a square body cross-section. Colouration bright orange to greenish in deeper waters, with pink, red and brown common in shallow water (Fig.
148
).