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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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