On the Distribution of the Shallow Water Coral Coenocyathus Bowersi (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in Chile

• Valentina Olave ; Claudio Mellado ^[1] ; Nicolás Zambrano ^[2] ; Juan Antonio Aliaga ^[3] ; Luis Ballesteros ^[4] ; Juan Francisco Araya ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad Austral de Chile

     Universidad Austral de Chile

     Valdivia, Chile

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Concepción

     Universidad de Concepción

     Comuna de Concepción, Chile

     
  3. [3] Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

     Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

     Santiago, Chile

     
  4. [4] Universidad Autónoma de Chile

     Universidad Autónoma de Chile

     Temuco, Chile

     

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• Localización: Thalassas: An international journal of marine sciences, ISSN 0212-5919, Vol. 39, Nº. 1, 2023, págs. 481-485
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • New geographical records for the azooxanthellate ahermatypic scleractinian coral Coenocyathus bowersi Vaughan 1906, including the southernmost distribution record for the species, are presented based on colonies and fragments of colonies recovered by fishermen and commercial divers, as bycatch, from several locations at northern Chile, from Arica (18°28′ S;

    70°19′ W), in the extreme northern limit of the country to Chañaral de Aceituno (29°04’ S; 71°29’ W), a high biodiversity area in northern Chile. These results confirm the presence of this species in Chile, ruling out accidental introductions, and they indicate that this species is apparently more common below some depth along northern Chile than previously known. It is thus possible that the current disjunct distribution of this species merely reflects lack of sampling efforts for C. bowersi (and similar invertebrates) along the south American coast from Panamá to S of Perú, where this species may be present in similar subtidal depths.