Sea pen (Pennatulacea) aggregations on the northern Spanish shelf: distribution and faunal assemblages

The sea pens Funiculina quadrangularis, Pennatula aculeata, Pennatula phosphorea, Pteroeides spinosum and Veretillum cynomorium are known to be characteristic species of the habitat ‘pennatulacean communities on circalittoral and upper bathyal soft bottoms’, described recently on the northern Atlant...

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Main Authors: Susana Ruiz-Pico, Alberto Serrano, Antonio Punzón, Álvaro Altuna, Olaya Fernández-Zapico, Francisco Velasco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2017-09-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1726