Open AccessNew record and range extension of the primnoid octocoral Verticillata castellviae in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean
Author(s) -
Laura Schejter,
Cecilia Mauna,
Carlos Daniel Pérez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
marine and fishery sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2683-7595
pISSN - 2683-7951
DOI - 10.47193/mafis.3422021010608
Subject(s) - bycatch , coral , range (aeronautics) , oceanography , fishery , geography , biology , geology , fish <actinopterygii> , composite material , materials science
In this study we report the presence of the soft coral Verticillata castellviae at 947 m deep, off Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, which constitutes the northernmost record for this species. The specimen was collected as a bycatch species with a troncopyramidal trap during an experimental cruise devoted to the study of the red crab Chaceon notialis and the Patagonian lobsterette Thymops birsteini.