BECAS
CALDERÓN Rodrigo NicolÁs
artículos
Título:
On the reproduction of the solitary cold-water coral Fungiacyathus fragilis Sars, 1872 (Cnidaria: Scleractinia), and a new record in the SW Atlantic Ocean deep sea
Autor/es:
CALDERÓN, RODRIGO N.; PENCHASZADEH, PABLO E.; LAURETTA, DANIEL
Revista:
CORAL REEFS
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Año: 2024
ISSN:
0722-4028
Resumen:
The first record of the solitary stony coral Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) fragilis is reported from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Specimens were collected at the Mar del Plata submarine canyon in the Argentinian continental slope at 24193447 m depth during 2012 and 2013. The four specimens studied through histological sections were gonochoric. A high fecundity was recorded for one female (26,496 oocytes per polyp). The maximum size of oocytes was 786 µm suggesting lecitotrophic development, also no planulae were observed. Both previtellogenic and large vitellogenic oocytes were found in all females. Evidence of asexual reproduction was identifed in corallum of a dried specimen.
