Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54ºS-56ºS).
Zootaxa
; 4878(2): zootaxa.4878.2.1, 2020 Nov 13.
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ABSTRACT
In this study we provide an updated checklist of benthic Cnidaria from SW Atlantic Ocean that comprised the Marine Protected Areas Namuncurá I and II, located at Burdwood bank, and other neighbouring locations. A total of 88 taxa was recorded 36 hydrozoans and 52 anthozoans from which 32 were octocorals, 10 scleractinian corals, 8 sea anemones and 2 zoanthids. Burdwood bank presented the highest richness considering that 87% of the recorded species inhabit this plateau or its slope. Besides some common species widely distributed in the studied sub-areas, at least 24 species represent new distributional records while few were exclusively recorded at Burdwood bank. The inventory here provided will help to identify key habitat-forming species in a complex habitat where marine animal forests and vulnerable marine ecosystems were previously detected. It will be also a very valuable tool for the management and monitoring of the sub-areas under protection.
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Anêmonas-do-Mar
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Antozoários
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Hidrozoários
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Animals
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En
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Zootaxa
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2020
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