Mollusca from a species-rich deep-water Leptometra community in the Alboran Sea

Mollusca from a species-rich deep-water Leptometra community in the Alboran Sea

An exceptional species richness for Mollusca was found on Avempace bank (349-365 m), Djibouti group, Alboran Sea, where the most abundant species was the crinoid Leptometra phalangium. A sample of sediment sieved on a 0.5-mm mesh yielded 156 species of molluscs (83 live-taken, 1772 specimens) with a...

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Main Authors: Serge Gofas, Carmen Salas, José Luis Rueda, Jesús Canoura, Carlos Farias, Juan Gil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2014-12-01
Series:Scientia Marina
Subjects:
species diversity
taxonomy
dominant species
trophic structure
geographical distribution
bathyal zone
leptometra phalangium
marine molluscs
Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1561

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