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

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 impensu...

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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
geo
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
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Summary: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.

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