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CHORDATA: TUNICATA
Aplidium elegans Halocynthia papillosa
Aplidium proliferum Polycitor adriaticus
Aplidium nordmanni Pycnoclavella nana
Ecteinascidia turbinata Synoicum blochmanni
CHORDATA: PISCES
Anthias anthias Pagrus pagrus
Chromis chromis Parablennius pilicornis
Coris julis Parapristipoma octolineatum
Ctenolabrus rupestris Plectorhinchus mediterraneus
Diplodus annularis Pomadasys incisus
Diplodus bellottii Scorpaena loppei
Diplodus cervinus Scorpaena notata
Diplodus sargus Scorpaena porcus
Diplodus vulgaris Serranus cabrilla
Halobatrachus didactylus Serranus scriba
Labrus bergylta Symphodus tinca
Pagrus auriga Tripterygion delaisi
AREAS WHERE THIS HABITAT IS PRESENT AND DOCUMENTED BY OCEANA
LOCATION COUNTRY COORDINATES
In front of PN Doñana, Gulf of Cádiz Spain 37º01,01300’N 06º 49,39400’W
In front of PN Doñana, Gulf of Cádiz Spain 37º01,60400’N 06º 50,44900’W
Bonhome Bank, Gulf of Cádiz Spain 36º36,90200’N 06º 24,60200’W
Rota, Gulf of Cádiz Spain 36º36,00900’N 06º 28,80900’W
Rota, Gulf of Cádiz Spain 36º37,33900’N 06º 25,13200’W
Rota, Gulf of Cádiz Spain 36º37,07500’N 06º 25,81200’W
Rota, Gulf of Cádiz Spain 36º40,19100’N 06º 26,86400’W
Doñana, Gulf of Cádiz Spain 37º01,36200’N 06º 41,21300’W
Chipiona, Gulf of Cádiz Spain 36º39,88900’N 06º 25,59100’W
4.1.4. Mixed gorgonian garden (Eunicella labiata, E. verrucosa, Leptogorgia sarmentosa and
Paramuricea clavata) on circalittoral rocky bottom
DESCRIPTION: This type of mixed gorgonian gardens grows on rocky substrate (small rocks, rocky slabs
and submarine caves, etc.) that emerges on a sandy bottom on the Southwest coast of Portugal, in front
of Sagres and Saint Vincent Cape. Some locations show bedrock covered by a lot of sediment. In some
areas Paramuricea clavata is clearly predominant, while in other areas Leptogorgia sarmentosa populate
the area more abundantly.
Highest densities of this type of mixed gorgonian garden are between 59 and 75 m depth. On this shallow
area other cnidarians predominate, such as Parazoanthus axinellae, Alcyonium sp., Nemertesia antennina
and Diphasia margareta, apart from sponges as Phakellia ventilabrum and Cliona celata, echinoderms
such as Holothuria forskali and Astrospartus mediterraneus; and echiuridians as Bonellia viridis. The most
common fish are Serranus cabrilla and shoals of Anthias anthias.
Paramuricea clavata can be recorded down to 120 m depth, forming gardens dominated by this single
species or mixed gardens with aggregations of deep sponges. In these deeper areas, the rocky bottom
can be covered by a layer of sediment. This area also shows a more abundantly presence of other
species, such as Dendrophyllia cornigera and Centrostephanus longispinus
DEPTH: 59- 120 m
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