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The northern distributional limits of Dendrophyllia laboreli (Cnidaria: Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2010

Pablo J. López-González ,
César Megina ,
Irene Martínez ,
Gabriel Gómez ,
Mari Carmen Arroyo ,
Manuel Fernández-Casado  and
Naoufal Tamsouri
Pablo J. López-González*
Affiliation:
Biodiversidad y Ecología de Invertebrados Marinos (BEIM), Departamento Fisiología y Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Reina Mercedes, 6, 41012-Sevilla, Spain
César Megina
Affiliation:
Biodiversidad y Ecología de Invertebrados Marinos (BEIM), Departamento Fisiología y Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Reina Mercedes, 6, 41012-Sevilla, Spain
Irene Martínez
Affiliation:
Biodiversidad y Ecología de Invertebrados Marinos (BEIM), Departamento Fisiología y Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Reina Mercedes, 6, 41012-Sevilla, Spain
Gabriel Gómez
Affiliation:
Egmasa/Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía, C/Plus Ultra 8, planta 7, 21001-Huelva, Spain
Mari Carmen Arroyo
Affiliation:
Egmasa/Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía, CEGMA del Estrecho, Dársena del Saladillo s/n., 11207-Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain
Manuel Fernández-Casado
Affiliation:
Egmasa/Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía, CEGMA del Estrecho, Dársena del Saladillo s/n., 11207-Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain
Naoufal Tamsouri
Affiliation:
Départment de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Zohr, BP 8106, Cité Dakhla, Agadir, Morocco
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P.J. López-González, Biodiversidad y Ecología de Invertebrados Marinos (BEIM), Departamento Fisiología y Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Reina Mercedes, 6 41012-Sevilla, Spain email: pjlopez@us.es
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Abstract

New findings of the scleractinian coral Dendrophyllia laboreli in various localities off the European coast in the Gulf of Cadiz and the Strait of Gibraltar, as well as the Atlantic coast of Morocco, are reported. These new findings redefine the current northernmost known limit of distribution of this species, previously known in African localities from Ghana to the Canary Islands. Some ecological and biogeographical remarks are also included.

Keywords

CnidariaScleractiniaDendrophyllia laborelidistributionnew records
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e79
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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