Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54ºS-56ºS)
| Autor: | R. A. Silva, Fabián H. Acuña, Agustín Garese, Laura Schejter, Claudia Silvia Bremec, Carlos D. Pérez, Ralf T. S. Cordeiro, Gabriel Genzano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Cnidaria
Hormathiidae Rhodaliidae Actiniidae Leptothecata Caryophylliidae Campanulariidae Haleciidae Common species Paragorgiidae Atlantic Ocean Eudendriidae Hydrozoa Isididae biology Actinostolidae Biodiversity Anthoptilidae Alcyonacea Anthozoa Corynidae Oceanography Benthic zone Plexauridae Stylasteridae Syntheciidae Actiniaria Nidaliidae Keroeididae Primnoidae Dendrophylliidae Siphonophorae Scleractinia Pennatulacea Animals Animalia Preactiidae Marine ecosystem Zoantharia Ecosystem Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Taxonomy Lafoeidae Tubulariidae biology.organism_classification Sertulariidae Sea Anemones Hebellidae Plumulariidae Tiarannidae Flabellidae Anthoathecata Alcyoniidae Bougainvilliidae Animal Science and Zoology Marine protected area Species richness Balticinidae Phialellidae |
| Popis: | In this study we provide an updated checklist of benthic Cnidaria from SW Atlantic Ocean that comprised the Marine Protected Areas Namuncurá I and II, located at Burdwood bank, and other neighbouring locations. A total of 88 taxa was recorded: 36 hydrozoans and 52 anthozoans from which 32 were octocorals, 10 scleractinian corals, 8 sea anemones and 2 zoanthids. Burdwood bank presented the highest richness considering that 87% of the recorded species inhabit this plateau or its slope. Besides some common species widely distributed in the studied sub-areas, at least 24 species represent new distributional records while few were exclusively recorded at Burdwood bank. The inventory here provided will help to identify key habitat-forming species in a complex habitat where marine animal forests and vulnerable marine ecosystems were previously detected. It will be also a very valuable tool for the management and monitoring of the sub-areas under protection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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