Journal Title
Title of Journal: Mar Biodiv
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Abbravation: Marine Biodiversity
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Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Authors: James Davis Reimer Doris Albinsky SungYin Yang Julien Lorion
Publish Date: 2013/09/05
Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-44
Abstract
Palau is world famous for its relatively pristine and highly diverse coral reefs yet for many coral reef invertebrate taxa few data exist on their diversity in this Micronesian country One such taxon is the Zoantharia an order of benthic cnidarians within the Class Anthozoa Subclass Hexacorallia that are commonly found in shallow subtropical and tropical waters Here we examine the species diversity of zoanthids in Palau for the first time based on shallowwater 35 m scuba surveys and morphological identification to create a preliminary zoanthid species list for Palau Our results indicated the presence of nine zoanthid species in Palau Zoanthus sansibaricus Z gigantus Palythoa tuberculosa P mutuki P heliodiscus Palythoa cf toxica Epizoanthus illoricatus Parazoanthus sp Microzoanthus kagerou apparently slightly more than have been recently observed in nearby Guam Saipan and the Ogasawara Islands Additionally it appears that some zoanthid species that have been observed to be cooccurring in the fringing reefs of Okinawa may inhabit different locations in the better developed reefs of PalauThis research was supported by the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development SATREPS “Project for sustainable management of coral reef and island ecosystems responding to the threat of climate change” in Palau funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency JST and the Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA in cooperation with the Palau International Coral Reef Center PICRC and Palau Community College PCC The second and third authors were supported by the Education and Research Foundation of the University of the Ryukyus Dr Yimnang Golbuu PICRC is thanked for his generous support throughout the course of this research Jay Oruetamor and Arius Merep at PICRC are thanked for logistical support Dr Takashi Nakamura Dr Yuen Yeong Shyan Dr Keita Koeda Fabienne Kuenzli Taiga Kunishima all University of the Ryukyus and Akira Chiba Cruise Control Dive Shop are thanked for their support in the field Four anonymous reviewers greatly improved the manuscript This is contribution PalauSATREPS 2
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- Thiriotia euchirellae n. sp., a new gregarine species (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida) from the mesopelagic copepod Euchirella rostrata in Sagami Bay, Japan
- Microstructure of octocoral sclerites for diagnosis of taxonomic features
- A new species of Speleophriopsis (Copepoda: Misophrioida) from an anchialine cave in the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
- Two new cumaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the South-West Atlantic with remarks on the problematic genus Holostylis Stebbing, 1912
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