Scleractinian distribution (Madreopra oculata and Lophelia pertusa) reported from 1995 to 2013 in the French Mediterranean Sea ...

• Main Authors: Fabri Marie-Claire, Pedel Laura, Beuck Lydia
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ifremer 2020
• Subjects: Répartition des espèces; D1 Habitats benthiques profonds HBP; /Métropole/Méditerranée occidentale; Deep-sea benthic habitats; VME - Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem; Cold-Water Corals; Duthiers; Lacaze-Duthiers; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.12770/1f5d1a2a-26e1-4263-82db-78ad34d01464; https://sextant.ifremer.fr/record/1f5d1a2a-26e1-4263-82db-78ad34d01464/

In the Mediterranean deep-sea two scleractinian species, Lophelia pertusa (= Desmophyllum pertusum) and Madrepora oculata, make up the dominant structure-forming corals.The Lacaze-Duthiers canyon is the only French Mediterranean canyon where the two species L. pertusa and M. oculata have been observ...