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

Autor(es)

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]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[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

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Zootaxa; v. 4878, n. 2, p. 201-239, NOV 13 2020.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

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)

• Processo FAPESP: 18/13554-8 - Sistemática molecular dos Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) do Atlântico Sul ocidental com ênfase em espécies de mar profundo
• Beneficiário: Ralf Tarciso Silva Cordeiro
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado