Resumen de A survey on Anthozoa and its habitats along the Northwest African coast and some islands: new records, descriptions of new taxa and biogeographical, ecological and taxonomical comments

Oscar Ocaña Vicente, J.C. den Hartog, Alberto Miguel Brito Hernández, Leopoldo Moro Abad, Rogelio Herrera, J. Martín, A. Ramos, Enric Ballesteros Sagarra, Juan José Bacallado Aránega

• español

  Varias especies de Actiniarios y Escleractinias han sido recolectadas y estudiadas a lo largo de la costa noroeste africana y algunos de sus archipielagos. Esta es la primera parte de un articulo mas extenso que esta centrado en Marruecos y Cabo Verde pero que tambien incluye informacion de otras zonas geograficas (Islas Canarias, Madeira, Gabon y Mauritania). La segunda parte incluira bastante material del Golfo de Guinea. Cuatro nuevas especies y un nuevo genero son descritos ademas de cinco nuevos registros de es- pecies para la region estudiada. Bellactis caeruleus, Tubastrea caboverdiana , Thala- mophyllia wirtzi y Africana wirtzi son las cuatro especies y el nuevo genero descrito para la ciencia. Se han completado algunas descripciones de especies que de una forma y otra no estaban bien estudiadas.

• English

  Several species of Actiniaria and Scleractinia have been searched and collected along the Western African coast and some of its archipelagos. This paper constitutes the first part of an extensive paper and it is focused on Morocco and Cape Verde, although some ma- terial and images from other spots (Canary Islands, Madeira, Gabon or even Mauritania) are included. The second part will also include some material from Gulf of Guinea. Four new species and a new genus are described, and five new records are also included in the paper. Bellactis caeruleus, Tubastrea caboverdiana, Thalamophyllia wirtzi and Africana wirtzi are the four new species and the new genus described. Some species, due to previ- ous lack of good descriptions, are presented more deeply from the point of view of the de- scriptive aspect.