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Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 degrees S-56 degrees S)

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Author(s):
Schejter, L. [1, 2] ; Genzano, G. [2] ; Perez, C. D. [3] ; Acuna, F. [2, 4] ; Cordeiro, R. T. S. [5, 6] ; Silva, R. A. [3] ; Garese, A. [2] ; Bremec, C. S. [2]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] Inst Nacl Invest & Desarrollo Pesquero INIDEP, Paseo Victoria Ocampo 1, RA-7600 Mar Del Plata - Argentina
[2] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Inst Invest Marinas & Costeras IIMyC, Mar Del Plata - Argentina
[3] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Ctr Acad Vitoria, Rua Alto Reservatorio S-N, BR-55608680 Vitoria De Santo Antao, PE - Brazil
[4] Estn Cient Coiba Coiba AIP, Panama City - Panama
[5] Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Invertebrate Zool, Washington, DC 20560 - USA
[6] Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, Dept Biol, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros S-N, BR-52171900 Recife, PE - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: Zootaxa; v. 4878, n. 2, p. 201-239, NOV 13 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

In this study we provide an updated checklist of benthic Cnidaria from SW Atlantic Ocean that comprised the Marine Protected Areas Namuncura 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. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 18/13554-8 - Molecular systematics of the Southwestern Atlantic Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), with emphasis on deep-sea species
Grantee:Ralf Tarciso Silva Cordeiro
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral