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4.2. Paramuricea clavata garden on upper circalittoral rocky bottom<br />
DESCRIPTION: This species grows in high density forming huge gardens under kelp forests (Laminaria<br />
ochroleuca) and other algae (Dictyota dichotoma, Dictyopteris polypodioides, Zonaria tournefortii)<br />
coberture. These gardens of Paramuricea clavata are denser and specimens are larger in cracks and<br />
vertical walls that are not covered by algae or kelp forests.<br />
DEPTH: 50 - 82 m<br />
TYPE OF SUBSTRATE: Abrupt rocky bottom (rocky substrate, overhangs and cracks), with no sediment.<br />
Paramuricea clavata garden on upper circalittoral rocky bottom (Gorrige Bank, Portugal)<br />
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