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In addition to the locations listed above, Paramuricea biscaya also occurs around the Ilhas Selvagens, an archipelago off the coast of Portugal.
The deep-sea coral is usually found on deep-sea clay with pumice and clinker, mainly in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and in the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone, a large fracture zone that shifts the Mid-Atlantic Ridge approximately 350 km to the left between Iceland and the Azores.
The photos shown illustrate the negative development of the colony over a longer period of time after the Deep Horizon oil rig exploded in 2010.
The estimated 800 million liters of crude oil spilled as a result caused lasting damage to the Gulf of Mexico and its marine life.
Paramuricea biscaya maintains a mutualistic symbiosis with the brittle star Asteroschema clavigerum Verrill, 1894.
In the case of the damaged coral, the brittle star then also left the dying coral.
Reference:
Girard, Fanny & Fu, B & Fisher, CR. (2016).
Mutualistic symbiosis with ophiuroids limited the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea octocorals.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. 549. 10.3354/meps11697.
© The authors 2016. Open Access under Creative Commons by Attribution Licence. Use, distribution and reproduction are unrestricted.
Authors and original publication must be credited.
The deep-sea coral is usually found on deep-sea clay with pumice and clinker, mainly in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and in the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone, a large fracture zone that shifts the Mid-Atlantic Ridge approximately 350 km to the left between Iceland and the Azores.
The photos shown illustrate the negative development of the colony over a longer period of time after the Deep Horizon oil rig exploded in 2010.
The estimated 800 million liters of crude oil spilled as a result caused lasting damage to the Gulf of Mexico and its marine life.
Paramuricea biscaya maintains a mutualistic symbiosis with the brittle star Asteroschema clavigerum Verrill, 1894.
In the case of the damaged coral, the brittle star then also left the dying coral.
Reference:
Girard, Fanny & Fu, B & Fisher, CR. (2016).
Mutualistic symbiosis with ophiuroids limited the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea octocorals.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. 549. 10.3354/meps11697.
© The authors 2016. Open Access under Creative Commons by Attribution Licence. Use, distribution and reproduction are unrestricted.
Authors and original publication must be credited.
