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Occurrence of Savalia savaglia (Anthozoa: Zoantharia) in the Ría de Arousa (Galicia, north-western Spain, north-eastern Atlantic)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2010

Álvaro Altuna ,
Frederic Sinniger  and
José Manuel Aldrey
Álvaro Altuna*
Affiliation:
INSUB, Museo de Okendo, Zemoria 12, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Frederic Sinniger
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
José Manuel Aldrey
Affiliation:
SGHN-GEMM, Agra dos Campos 41, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Á. Altuna, INSUB, Museo de Okendo, Zemoria 12, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain email: alvaro.altuna@telefonica.net
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Abstract

Savalia savaglia (Anthozoa: Zoantharia) is an uncommon, large, arborescent, modular species best known from the western basin of the Mediterranean Sea, and recorded recently from the Canary Islands. During dives in the Ría de Arousa (Galicia, north-western Spain, north-eastern Atlantic), four colonies were seen at a depth of 26–29 m, and identified by morphological study, including the cnidome, and DNA sequencing. These new records extend considerably the distribution of the species. Given that S. savaglia lives in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula, overlooked old records from the literature further north from the Bay of Biscay may be reliable.

Keywords

AnthozoaZoanthariaSavalia savagliaAtlantic OceanSpainGalicia
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e110
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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