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In 2016, the Minden Reef and Roe Reefs in temperate Western Australia near Perth were surveyed for 427 species of marine flora and fauna, and it was found that Alertigorgia mjöbergi was the dominant soft coral species in the study area and the only species present in both reefs.
The occurrence in Minden Reef is the best known southern occurrence of this coral species to date.
Alertigorgia mjöbergi has a “typical” gorgonian shape with long, snake-like branches, but so far we have no information about the successful keeping and reproduction of this endemic Australian species.
Synonyme:
Paratitanideum mjöbergi (Broch, 1916) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Titanideum mjöbergi Broch, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
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Diversity 2016, 8(2), 7; doi:10.3390/d8020007
Marine Biodiversity in Temperate Western Australia: Multi-Taxon Surveys of Minden and Roe Reefs
Zoe Richards, Lisa Kirkendale, Glenn Moore, Andrew Hosie, John Huisman, Monika Bryce, Loisette Marsh, Clay Bryce, Ana Hara, Nerida Wilson, Susan Morrison, Oliver Gomez, Jenelle Ritchie, Corey Whisson, Mark Allen, Lee Betterridge, Courtney Wood, Hugh Morrison, Mark Salotti, Glad Hansen, Shirley Slack-Smith and Jane Fromont
Received: 24 December 2015 / Accepted: 17 March 2016 / Published: 24 March 2016
The occurrence in Minden Reef is the best known southern occurrence of this coral species to date.
Alertigorgia mjöbergi has a “typical” gorgonian shape with long, snake-like branches, but so far we have no information about the successful keeping and reproduction of this endemic Australian species.
Synonyme:
Paratitanideum mjöbergi (Broch, 1916) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Titanideum mjöbergi Broch, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Source:
MDPI Open Access Journals
Diversity 2016, 8(2), 7; doi:10.3390/d8020007
Marine Biodiversity in Temperate Western Australia: Multi-Taxon Surveys of Minden and Roe Reefs
Zoe Richards, Lisa Kirkendale, Glenn Moore, Andrew Hosie, John Huisman, Monika Bryce, Loisette Marsh, Clay Bryce, Ana Hara, Nerida Wilson, Susan Morrison, Oliver Gomez, Jenelle Ritchie, Corey Whisson, Mark Allen, Lee Betterridge, Courtney Wood, Hugh Morrison, Mark Salotti, Glad Hansen, Shirley Slack-Smith and Jane Fromont
Received: 24 December 2015 / Accepted: 17 March 2016 / Published: 24 March 2016
