Molluscs associated with a Sardinian deep water population of Corallium rubrum (Linnι, 1758)
Crocetta, F.; Spanu, M. (2008). Molluscs associated with a Sardinian deep water population of Corallium rubrum (Linnι, 1758). Mediterr. Mar. Sci. 9(2): 63-85. https://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.133 In: Mediterranean Marine Science. National Centre for Marine Research: Athina. ISSN 1108-393X; e-ISSN 1791-6763, more |   |
| Keywords | Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | Mollusca assemblage; Corallium rubrum; Mediterranean Sea; Sardinia; Alghero |
| Abstract | Molluscan species living in association with Corallium rubrumcolonies are poorly known. Specimens
found on the branches of red coral colonies located off Capo Caccia (Alghero – SS, West Sardinia,
Mediterranean Sea) were studied by analyzing red coral branches collected at a depth of between 100 and
120 m; their assemblage was made up of 44 species, all belonging to the classes Gastropoda and Bivalvia.
Some data on the geographical distribution, ecology, taxonomy and dominance of these species, both
alive and dead, are given and the most interesting are commented on. Among the recorded species Trivia
multilirata, Simnia purpurea, Coralliophila brevis, Ocinebrina paddeui, Pleurotomella demosia, Palliolum
striatum and Pseudamussium sulcatum deserve attention. Moreover, the second finding of living
specimens of Asperarca secreta, described only on loose valves, is reported, and finally the prey-predator
relationships among several gastropods and Cnidarians are confirmed. |
| Dataset | - Linares, Cristina; Figuerola, Laura; Gómez-Gras, Daniel; Pagès-Escolà, Marta; Olvera, Àngela, Aubach, Àlex; Amate, Roger; Figuerola, Blanca; Kersting, Diego; Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste; López-Sanz, Àngel; López-Sendino, Paula; Medrano, Alba; Garrabou, Joaquim; (2020); CorMedNet- Distribution and demographic data of habitat-forming invertebrate species from Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages between 1882 and 2019, more
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