Corales (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) recolectados en las expediciones antárticas del Buque ARA ?Puerto Deseado? en los años 2012, 2013 y 2014.

SCHEJTER L. & BREMEC, C.

Jornada; JNCM; 2015

In this contribution, we provide a list of the scleractinian corals recorded during the Argentinean Antarctic expeditions on board the oceanographic vessel ?Puerto Deseado? (Argentina) in the austral summers of 2012, 2013 and 2014. The identified taxa consist of six solitary species (Flabellum impensum, F. flexuosum, F. areum, Caryophyllia antarctica, Paraconotrochus antarcticus and Javania antarctica), recorded from 19 sampling sites located at the Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland and South Orkney Islands. We also updated the information of F. areum, previously known only from SW Atlantic waters, extending its distribution range to Antarctic waters, and its upper bathymetric range, to 218 m.