Open AccessPlanktonic Ctenophora of the Madeira archipelago (Northeastern Atlantic)
Author(s) -
Sonia K.M. Gueroun,
Susanne Schäfer,
Francesca Gizzi,
Soledad Álvarez,
João CanningClode,
Carlos Andrade,
João CanningClode
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.3.7
Subject(s) - archipelago , biology , plankton , tropical atlantic , subtropics , oceanography , panama , ecology , sea surface temperature , geology
Ctenophores are fragile gelatinous organisms whose diversity and distribution are relatively unknown. For the first time, the occurrence of four planktonic species, namely Ocyropsis crystallina, Eurhamphaea vexilligera, Cestum veneris, and Beroe sp., was reported from Madeira archipelago waters (NE subtropical Atlantic). This report represents the northernmost records in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean for O. crystallina and E. vexilligera.