Madrepora oculata

• Main Author: Altuna, Álvaro
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Oculinidae; Madrepora; Madrepora oculata; Blanco; Joubin; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6146131; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6146131

Madrepora oculata L., 1758 (Tables 1−3) Madrepora oculata: Zibrowius 1980: 36, pl. 13, figs. A–P.—Zibrowius 1985: 313, tab. 2.—Aguirrezabalaga et al. 1987: 123.— Altuna & García Carrascosa 1990: 56.—Ramil Blanco & Fernández Pulpeiro 1990: 26.—Álvarez Claudio 1993: 417.— Altuna Prados 1994 a: 450.—Altuna Prados 1994 b: 55.—Altuna Prados 1994 c: 78 (fig. 1).—Altuna Prados & Álvarez Claudio 1994: 9, 13.—Álvarez Claudio 1994 a: 264.—Álvarez Claudio 1994 c: 466.—Altuna 1995: 87.—Álvarez Claudio 1995 c: 88.—Cairns & Chapman 2001: 36 (tab. 1).—Lavaleye et al. 2002: 464.—Jarms et al. 2003: 3.—Reveillaud et al. 2008: 322 (tab. 1), 325 (fig. 4).—Fiege & Barnich 2009: 155, 157.—Altuna 2010: 20.—Copard et al. 2010: 2 (tab. 1).— Louzao et al. 2010: S 1. Material examined. Le Danois Bank, 2008: Stn. D 4 V, 1084 m, three dead fragments, eroded; Stn. R 1 R 1, 746 m, three dead fragments; Stn. R 1 R 2, 751 m, small dead fragment; Stn. R 1 R 8, 677 m, two dead fragments. Avilés Canyon system: Stn. R 1, 500 m, numerous fragments alive and dead. Galicia Bank: Stn. G 5, 859 m, numerous fragments; Stn. G 6, 761 m, numerous fragments; Stn. V 5, 877 m, numerous fragments, alive and dead; Stn. V 6, 766 m, small subfossil fragment; Stn. V 8, 780 m, numerous colonies and fragments; Stn. R 2, 614 m, small dead fragments. Remarks. Madrepora oculata is a very abundant coral in the Galicia Bank and the Avilés Canyon system but is very rare in Le Danois Bank. It co-occurs with Lophelia pertusa (L., 1758) in several stations (D 4 V, G 5, G 6, V 5, V 6, V 8, R 1) forming white coral banks. The coral banks were mapped in the Bay of Biscay and nearby areas by Joubin (1922 a, 1922 b) and Le Danois (1948), with further information in Zibrowius (1980) and Reveillaud et al. (2008). The global distribution of the species is detailed by Zibrowius (1980), with additional data in Cairns (1982, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2004) and Kitahara (2007). This is one of the most widely distributed deep-sea scleractinian. Species Avilés Canyon system Le ...