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Journals / Turkish Journal of Zoology / 2018 / Cilt: 42 - Sayı: 4

Benthic invertebrates associated with subfossil cold-water coral frames and hardgrounds in the Albanian deep waters (Adriatic Sea)

Antonietta ROSSO, Francesco MASTROTOTARO, Ina NASTO, Frine CARDONE, Piero PANETTA, Rosanna SANFILIPPO, Marco TAVIANI, Angelo TURSI

Pages
360–371
DOI
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Abstract

The fauna collected associated with subfossil Lophelia pertusa and Dendrophyllia cornigera coral samples and hardgroundsfrom Albanian waters between 190–230 m is discussed. Eighty-three benthic species are recorded: 2 Foraminifera, 22 Porifera, 6Cnidaria, 25 Mollusca, 14 Annelida, 1 Arthropoda, 12 Bryozoa, and 1 Echinodermata. Seventy-four species are new records for thepoorly investigated Albanian deep waters.