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Characteristics of the Mesophotic Megabenthic Assemblages of the Vercelli Seamount (North Tyrrhenian Sea)
The biodiversity of the megabenthic assemblages of the mesophotic zone of a Tyrrhenian seamount (Vercelli Seamount) is described using Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) video imaging from 100 m depth to the top of the mount around 61 m depth. This pinnacle hosts a rich coralligenous community characterized by three different assemblages: (i) the top shows a dense covering of the kelp Laminaria rodriguezii; (ii) the southern side biocoenosis is mainly dominated by the octocorals Paramuricea clavata and Eunicella cavolinii; while (iii) the northern side of the seamount assemblage is colonized by active filter-feeding organisms such as sponges (sometimes covering 100% of the surface) with numerous colonies of the ascidian Diazona violacea, and the polychaete Sabella pavonina. This study highlights, also for a Mediterranean seamount, the potential role of an isolated rocky peak penetrating the euphotic zone, to work as an aggregating structure, hosting abundant benthic communities dominated by suspension feeders, whose distribution may vary in accordance to the geomorphology of the area and the different local hydrodynamic conditions
On finding of shark of the genus Somniosus (Squalidae) at the submarine ridge of Nazca (southeastern Pacific)
Cheilopogon olgae (Exocoetidae)—A new species of flying fish from the waters of Western Australia
The early life history stages of flying fishes Cypselurus simus and C. callopterus (beloniformes, exocoetidae)
Materials For A Revision Of The Trichuroid Fishes Of The Genus Benthodesmus With The Description Of 4 New Species And 1 New Subspecies
Volume: 83Start Page: 351End Page: 36
Antigonias (Antigonia, Caproidae) of the Western Indian Ocean: 2. Species with eight spiny rays in the dorsal fin
Case 3297 Sphyraena acus Lacep\ue8de, 1803 (currently Tylosurus acus) (Teleostei, Belonidae): proposed reinstatement
Volume: 62Start Page: 232End Page: 23
Materials for the revision of the family Caristiidae (Perciformes): 1. Description of Paracaristius heemstrai gen. et sp. nov.
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