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The occurrence of the Mediterranean soft coral Maasella edwardsi (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) in the Aegean Sea coasts of Turkey
Özalp, H.B.; Ates, A.S. (2015). The occurrence of the Mediterranean soft coral Maasella edwardsi (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) in the Aegean Sea coasts of Turkey. Marine Biodiversity Records 8: e55. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1755267215000329
In: Marine Biodiversity Records. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. e-ISSN 1755-2672
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Keywords
Author keywords
    new record, north-eastern Aegean Sea

Authors  Top | Dataset 
  • Özalp, H.B.
  • Ates, A.S.

Abstract
    The Mediterranean endemic coral Maasella edwardsi (de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888) is recorded for the first time from the Aegean Sea coasts of Turkey. A dozen colonies of the species were observed on rocks and the rhizomes of Posidonia oceanica meadows during the coral surveys carried out between 2012 and 2014. This record shows the northernmost occurrence of species in terms of geographic distribution in the Turkish coasts. The number of known species for the Anthozoan fauna of Turkey has increased to 76 with this new record.

Dataset
  • RCMed_2001_2020: Reef Check Med - key Mediterranean marine species 2001-2020

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