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AREAS WHERE THIS HABITAT IS PRESENT AND DOCUMENTED BY OCEANA LOCATION COUNTRY COORDINATES Ormonde, Gorringe Bank Portugal 36º 42,86380’N 11º 10,03800’W Ormonde, Gorringe Bank Portugal 36º 43,02310’N 11º 09,53240’W Locations where Antipatharian forests were recorded by OCEANA in Spanish and Portuguese waters 19
4. Gorgonian gardens 4.1. Mixed gorgonian garden (Eunicella spp., Leptogorgia spp., Paramuricea clavata) on infralittoral and circalittoral rocky bottom There are 6 species of gorgonian documented by OCEANA as part of these mixed gardens: Eunicella labiata, E. gazella, E. verrucosa, Leptogorgia lusitanica, L. sarmentosa and Paramuricea clavata. Their presence depends on the localization and depth where the mixed gardens develop. Some species (Eunicella verrucosa and Leptogorgia spp.) have been documented both at the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay) and the Gulf of Cádiz, as well as in waters on the Southwest of Portugal; other species (Eunicella gazella, E. singularis, E. labiata and Paramuricea clavata) were only found in Cádiz and in Portuguese waters, and they are not present in the mixed gardens documented in the Cantabrian Sea. Regarding the depth, while some species show a very broad bathymetric range (Eunicella labiata, E. verrucosa), other species are more predominant in shallow waters (E. gazella, Leptogorgia spp.) and others appear more abundantly in deeper areas (Paramuricea clavata). Based on the predominance of the indicated species in the mixed gardens documented by OCEANA, we have classified these gardens in several categories: 4.1. 1. Mixed gorgonian garden (Eunicella verrucosa, Leptogorgia lusitanica and L. sarmentosa) on infralittoral rocky bottom DESCRIPTION: These mixed gardens of gorgonians occur on abrupt rocky bottom, with vertical walls. In front of the Ballena de Sonabia (Cantabrian Sea, Bay of Biscay), at a depth of around 20 m, the predominant gorgonian species are Eunicella verrucosa, Leptogorgia lusitanica and L. sarmentosa: the last being the less abundant that the first two species. Rocks on which these gardens grow are covered by algae and a many organisms can be found on them, such as anthozoans, hydrozoans, echinoderms, porifera, molluscs, bryozoans, polychaetes, crustaceans, foraminifera and ascidians. Also a lot of fish species are part of this community. Sometimes, small gardens made up of only one of these species can be found. This is the case of the garden of Leptogorgia sarmentosa developed on the bottom of Os Meixidos bank (Galicia), at around 40 metres depth, also on a rocky bottom with no sediment. DEPTH: 18 - 40 m TYPE OF SUBSTRATE: Rocky bottom, abrupt. This type of mixed gorgonian gardens frequent forms habitats on rocky overhangs and walls, on areas with no sediment. 20
Page 2 and 3: INTRODUCTION Given the diversity of
Page 4 and 5: OCEANAS PROPOSALS “Coral gardens
Page 6 and 7: 1. Forest of the scleractinian Dend
Page 8 and 9: Ecteinascidia turbinata Synoicum bl
Page 10 and 11: TYPICAL FAUNA OF THE COMMUNITY (ON
Page 12 and 13: Locations where Dendrophyllia spp.
Page 14 and 15: Madrepora oculata colonies on bathy
Page 16 and 17: 3. Antipatharia forest 3.1. Antipat
Page 18 and 19: 3.2. Antipathes dichotoma forest on
Page 22 and 23: Mixed gorgonian garden (Eunicella v
Page 24 and 25: Diplodus vulgaris Scorpaena sp. Cf.
Page 26 and 27: 4.1.3. Mixed gorgonian garden (Euni
Page 28 and 29: CHORDATA: TUNICATA Aplidium elegans
Page 30 and 31: Mixed gorgonian garden (Eunicella l
Page 32 and 33: 4.2. Paramuricea clavata garden on
Page 34 and 35: 4.3. Eunicella verrucosa garden on
Page 36 and 37: 4.4. Callogorgia verticillata garde
Page 38 and 39: TYPICAL FAUNA OF THE COMMUNITY PORI
Page 40 and 41: 4.5. Viminella flagellum garden on
Page 42 and 43: Mixed gardens of Callogorgia vertic
Page 44 and 45: 5. Caves and overhangs with red cor
Page 46 and 47: 6. Community dominated by Alcyonium
Page 48 and 49: CHORDATA: TUNICATA Corella parallel
Page 50 and 51: Locations where communities dominat
Page 52 and 53: deep-sea sponge aggregations, OCEAN
Page 54 and 55: Asconema setubalense aggregation in
Page 56 and 57: Locations where Asconema setubalens
Page 58 and 59: Dendrophyllia cornigera Parazoanthu
Page 60 and 61: 3. Artemisina transiens aggregation
Page 62 and 63: 4. Axinella spp. aggregation on upp
Page 64 and 65: 5. Cliona celata agreggation on upp
Page 66 and 67: Locations where sponge aggregations
Page 68 and 69: TYPICAL FAUNA OF THE COMMUNITY PORI
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SEAPEN AND BURROWING MEGAFAUNA OSPA
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1. Infralittoral detritic and soft
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2. Batial soft bottom dominated by
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Locations where soft bottoms domina
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AREAS WHERE THIS HABITAT IS PRESENT
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ECHINODERMATA Amphiura chiajei Mart
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CHORDATA: PISCES Callionymus lyra M
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