Living in close quarters: epibionts on Dendrophyllia ramea deep-water corals (Cyprus and Menorca Channel)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right External research report , Conference object 01 Jan 2016 Spain Publisher:Mediterranean Science Commission

Authors: Jiménez, C. (Carlos); Achilleos, K. (Katerina); Abu-Alhaija, R. (Rana); Gili, J.M. (Josep María); Orejas, C. (Covadonga);

handle: 10261/162570 , 10261/317441 , 10508/10719

Living in close quarters: epibionts on Dendrophyllia ramea deep-water corals (Cyprus and Menorca Channel)

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In sharp contrast to shallow and/or tropical coral habitats, the role of deep-water corals (DWC) as habitat providers is not well known and even less understood. For this purpose, epibionts on the deep-water coral Dendrophyllia ramea were studied from samples collected in Cyprus and compared to those from Menorca Channel. A total of 63 species were found; bryozoans (ca. 60%) and serpulid polychaetes (ca. 10%) dominated the assemblage of species. Cyprus (48 species in total) and Menorca (22) corals shared few epizoic species (7). Several of these species were previously thought absent from the Levantine basin. These results are important contributions to the knowledge on the deep-water epibiotic biodiversity of the Levantine Basin and the Mediterranean Sea in general

41e Congres de la CIESM : 41st CIESM Congress, 12-16 September 2016, Kiel, Allemagne.-- 1 page, 1 figure

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Spain

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Spanish National Research Council
Spain
Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Spain

Keywords

Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Deep sea ecology, Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss, http://metadata.un.org/sdg/15, Biodiversity, Medio Marino, Levantine Basin, Bryozoa, Deep sea corals

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