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Table 3 Species (31) that are known in the Avilés Canyon System and the near continental shelf, and sources

From: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from INDEMARES 2010–2012 expeditions to the Avilés Canyon System (Bay of Biscay, Spain, northeast Atlantic)

Species

Sources

Aulocyathus atlanticus Zibrowius

5

Balanophyllia thalassae Zibrowius

5

Caryophyllia abyssorum Duncan

1, 2, 3, 5

Caryophyllia atlantica (Duncan)

5

Caryophyllia calveri Duncan

4, 5

Caryophyllia cyathus (Ellis and Solander)

1 (cf.), 3

Caryophyllia sarsiae Zibrowius

5

Caryophyllia seguenzae Duncan

5

Caryophyllia smithii Stokes and Broderip

1, 2, 3, 5

Deltocyathus eccentricus Cairns

5

Deltocyathus moseleyi Cairns

1, 2, 3, 5

Dendrophyllia cornigera (Lamarck)

1, 2, 3, 5

Desmophyllum cristagalli Milne Edwards and Haime

1, 2, 4, 5

Eguchipsammia cornucopia (de Pourtalès)

1, 2, 3, 5

Enallopsammia marenzelleri Zibrowius

1, 3

Enallopsammia rostrata (de Pourtalès)

1, 2, 3, 5

Flabellum alabastrum Moseley

1, 2, 3, 5

Flabellum chunii Marenzeller

5

Flabellum macandrewi Gray

5

Fungiacyathus fragilis G.O. Sars

5

Javania cailleti (Duchassaing and Michellotti)

5

Lophelia pertusa (L.)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Madrepora oculata L.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Monomyces pygmaea (Risso)

5

Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi)

1, 2, 3, 5

Premocyathus cornuformis (de Pourtalès)

1, 2, 3, 5

Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan

5

Stenocyathus vermiformis (de Pourtalès)

1, 2, 3

Stephanocyathus moseleyanus (Sclater)

1, 2, 3, 5

Stephanocyathus nobilis (Moseley)

5

Vaughanella concinna Gravier

2, 5

Total

31

  1. (1) Álvarez Claudio (1993). (2) Álvarez Claudio (1994). (3) Louzao et al. (2010). (4) Altuna (2013). (5) Present paper and Altuna (2012) (INDEMARES AVILÉS project). No additional material was collected by Louzao et al. (2010), whose species list was a compilation of records from previous authors