Naslov
Diversity of sponge species in the coralligenous community along the eastern Adriatic

Autori
Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana ; Kipson, Silvija ; Petricioli, Donat

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
10th World Sponge Conference Book of Abstracts / - Galway : NUI Galway, 2017, 200-201

Skup
10th World Sponge Conference

Mjesto i datum
Gaillimh, Irska, 25.06.2017. - 30.06.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
sponges, Porifera, coralligenous community, Adriatic Sea

Sažetak
Porifera is one of the most representative and diverse groups of animals present in the Mediterranean coralligenous community. Up till now more than 300 species of sponges have been recorded in this habitat threatened with a number of human activities. Recent study of highly valuable but highly understudied coralligenous assemblages along the eastern Adriatic Sea revealed high species richness and significant inter-site and interdepth variability of macrobenthic biodiversity. The aim of this work was to assess diversity of sponge taxa present in the coralligenous of the Eastern Adriatic Sea. We analysed our database with over 2000 specimens of sponge species that we sampled and determined over the last 15 years from more than two hundred locations along the Croatian coast. Among 125 determined species, 68 were recorded in coralligenous, but not exclusively, many of them were also present in the community of semi-dark caves. We also performed underwater photo-sampling of coralligenous community dominated with the red gorgonian (Paramuricea clavata) on six locations, three in the central and three in the north Adriatic. Analysis of photos revealed 46 distinct categories (taxa) of sponges. Among them 21 were possible to determine to a species level and 11 to a genus level. In our contribution we discuss these results in light of previous studies carried out elsewhere in the Mediterranean.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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