Epibiotic relationships of macrofauna at the Mingulay Reef Complex cold-water coral reef (north-east Atlantic)

• Main Authors: Kazanidis, Georgios, Henry, Lea-Anne, Roberts, J Murray
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA
• Subjects: Association; ATLAS; A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe; Biodiversity hot spots; cold-water coral reefs; DATE/TIME; Deep sea; Epifauna; Event label; Habitat forming; iAtlantic; Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Macrofauna; Mingulay_Reef_Complex; MRC_1485; MRC_1486; MRC_1487; MRC_1488; MRC_1489; MRC_1490; MRC_1491; MRC_1495; MRC_20100223/002; MRC_20100223/003; MRC_20100223/004; MRC_20100223/005; MRC_20100504/001; MRC_20100504/002; MRC_20100504/003; MRC_20100504/005; MRC_20100504/008; MRC_20100505/002; MRC_20100505/003; MRC_20100505/004; MRC_20100505/005; MRC_20110608/003A; MRC_20110608/005A; MRC_20110608/007; MRC_20110608/008A; MRC_20110608/009; MRC_20110608/010A; MRC_20110608/011A; MRC_20110608/012A; MRC_20110608/04A; MRC_20110609/001A; MRC_20110609/002A; MRC_20110707/003A; MRC_20110707/004A; North East Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968697

This data publication provides data about the epibiotic relationships in macrofaunal communities from the Mingulay Reef Complex cold-water coral reefs. Associations between macrofaunal hosts and epifauna were examined in 47 stations at the Mingulay Reef Complex (northeast Atlantic). In total, 101 (group level) and 340 (species level) unique types of facultative associations formed by 43 hosts and 39 epifaunal species were found.