Benthic invertebrates associated with subfossil cold-water coral frames and hardgrounds in the Albanian deep waters (Adriatic Sea)

Ina Nasto, Frine Cardone, Francesco Mastrototaro, P. Panetta, Antonietta Rosso, Marco Taviani, Angelo Tursi

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY · 2018 · 12 citations · 40 references

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The fauna collected associated with subfossil Lophelia pertusa and Dendrophyllia cornigera coral samples and hardgrounds from Albanian waters between 190?230 m is discussed. Eighty-three benthic species are recorded: 2 Foraminifera, 22 Porifera, 6 Cnidaria, 25 Mollusca, 14 Annelida, 1 Arthropoda, 12 Bryozoa, and 1 Echinodermata. Seventy-four species are new records for the poorly investigated Albanian deep waters.

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