Scleractinian corals recorded in the Argentinean Antarctic expeditions between 2012 and 2014, with comments on Flabellum (Flabellum) areum Cairns, 1982

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Laura Schejter, Claudia S. Bremec, Stephen D. Cairns
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2016
• Subjects: cold-water corals; Antarctica; range extension; bathymetric range extension; Scleractinia; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Austral; South Orkney Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; antarcticus; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.29762; https://doaj.org/article/287f3506540a4c8095acf3c4df487108

In this contribution, we provide a list of the scleractinian corals recorded during the Argentinean Antarctic expeditions on board the oceanographic vessel Puerto Deseado (Argentina) in the austral summers in 2012, 2013 and 2014. The identified taxa consist of six solitary species (Flabellum impensum, F. flexuosum, F. areum, Caryophyllia antarctica, Paraconotrochus antarcticus and Javania antarctica), recorded from 19 sampling sites located off the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland and South Orkney islands. We also update the information of F. areum, previously known only from south-west Atlantic waters, extending its distribution range to Antarctic waters and its upper bathymetric range to 218 m.