Widest geographic distribution of a shallow and mesophotic antipatharian coral (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): Antipathes grandis VERRILL, 1928 – confirmed by morphometric and molecular analyses
Abstract We provide the first record of the shallow and mesophotic (< 150 m depth) antipatharian coral Antipathes grandis VERRILL, 1928 from the Indian Ocean. First described from Hawaii, A. grandis was recently found on a mesophotic coral reef in SW Madagascar. Its identity was confirmed by mean...
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Published in | Marine biodiversity records Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 1 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
Cambridge University Press
09.12.2020
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Summary: | Abstract
We provide the first record of the shallow and mesophotic (< 150 m depth) antipatharian coral
Antipathes grandis
VERRILL, 1928 from the Indian Ocean. First described from Hawaii,
A. grandis
was recently found on a mesophotic coral reef in SW Madagascar. Its identity was confirmed by means of morphological and molecular analyses (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I). These findings not only expand our knowledge of the potential geographic range of antipatharian corals, but also challenge the belief that only deep-sea (> 200 m depth) benthic taxa have such wide geographic distributions. |
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ISSN: | 1755-2672 1755-2672 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s41200-020-00195-0 |