Fourteen specimens of Ophiocomina nigra were collected in a restricted area of the Sicilian Channel under the influence of Atlantic Ionian Stream, between 64 and 97 m depth. The species was associated with the sea urchin Stilocidaris affinis (Philippi, 1845), a species "characteristic" of the Coastal Detriticus biocenosis. The Sicilian Channel represents the eastern border of the species occurrence in the Mediterranean.
NEW FINDINGS OF THE RARE BLACK BRITTLESTAR OPHIOCOMINA NIGRA (ABILDGAARD, IN O.F. MULLER, 1789) (ECHINODERMATA, OPHIACANTIDAE) IN THE SICILIAN CHANNEL
DANIELA MASSI;GIUSEPPE SINACORI;ANTONINO TITONE;PAOLA RINELLI
2010
Abstract
Fourteen specimens of Ophiocomina nigra were collected in a restricted area of the Sicilian Channel under the influence of Atlantic Ionian Stream, between 64 and 97 m depth. The species was associated with the sea urchin Stilocidaris affinis (Philippi, 1845), a species "characteristic" of the Coastal Detriticus biocenosis. The Sicilian Channel represents the eastern border of the species occurrence in the Mediterranean.File in questo prodotto:
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