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1.1. Mixed aggregation of Asconema setubalense, Callogorgia verticillata and other desmosponges<br />

DESCRIPTION: This type of fields dominated by sponges and gorgonians develop on hard substrate,<br />

sometimes covered by compact sediment. As part of the characterisctic community, in this mixed fields it<br />

is common to find Viminella flagellum and several desmospongies species that we were not able to<br />

identify.<br />

DEPTH: 345- 350 m<br />

TYPE OF SUBSTRATE: rocky, with high level of sedimentation<br />

Mixed aggregations of desmospongies and gorgonian species in the Gorringe Bank (Portugal)<br />

TYPICAL FAUNA OF THE COMMUNITY<br />

PORIFERA<br />

Geodia sp. Phakellia cf. robusta<br />

Lithistida Polymastia sp.<br />

CNIDARIA<br />

Cirrhipathes sp. Viminella flagellum<br />

AREAS WHERE THIS HABITAT IS PRESENT AND DOCUMENTED BY OCEANA<br />

LOCATION COUNTRY COORDINATES<br />

Gettysburg, Gorringe Bank Portugal 36º 30,86380’N 11º 28,43970’W<br />

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