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5. Cliona celata agreggation on upper circalittoral rocky bottom
DESCRIPTION: Cliona celata is a species that can occupy large surfaces in the upper circalittoral rocky
bottoms of low sedimentation. This aggregation has been recorded by OCEANA along the Cantabrian
Sea. In many areas the substrata is covered by species such as Corynactis viridis and/or Halichondria
panicea.
The aggregations of this species can appear together with important facies of the gorgonian Eunicella
verrucosa or other sponge’s species aggregations as Artemisina transiens. In Galicia, these aggregations
are also common in kelp forest (Laminaria ochroleuca).
The equinoderms (Echinus esculentus, Holothuria forskali) are very abundant as part of this community.
DEPTH: 38- 53 m
TYPE OF SUBSTRATE: rocky bottoms in areas with low sedimenation.
Cliona celata aggregations on upper circalittoral rocky bottoms in the Cantabrian Sea
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