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Range extensions of three species of the family Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2009

S. González-Romero ,
H. Reyes-Bonilla  and
S.D. Cairns
S. González-Romero
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento de Biología Marina, Apartado postal 19-B, CP 23080, La Paz, BCS, Mexico
H. Reyes-Bonilla*
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento de Biología Marina, Apartado postal 19-B, CP 23080, La Paz, BCS, Mexico
S.D. Cairns
Affiliation:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, W-329, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 7012 Washington, DC 20013, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: H. Reyes-Bonilla, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento de Biología Marina, Apartado postal 19-B, CP 23080, La Paz, BCS, Mexico email: [email protected]
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Abstract

We report the finding of two coral species of the family Caryophylliidae (Caryophyllia diomedeae and C. quadragenaria) significantly north of their known distribution limit in the eastern Pacific, and a new record of the family for the same region (Goniocorella dumosa, previously known only for the western Pacific).

Keywords

Caryophyllia diomedeaeC. quadragenariaGoniocorella dumosaGalápagos IslandsUnited States of America
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e108
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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