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First record of Nanozoanthidae from the Red Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2015

James Davis Reimer ,
Iori Kawamura  and
Michael Lee Berumen
James Davis Reimer*
Affiliation:
Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
Iori Kawamura
Affiliation:
Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
Michael Lee Berumen
Affiliation:
Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.D. Reimer, Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Here we report on the first finding of Nanozoanthidae (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) in the Red Sea and the first record west of Western Australia. A single specimen of Nanozoanthus sp. was found at a depth of 13 m off Dumsuq Island, the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia (16°33.846′N 42°03.510′E) during SCUBA surveys. Previous research had hypothesized that the genus could potentially be widespread in the Indo-Pacific and was simply undetected due to its small and cryptic nature, and the current specimen provides support for this idea. Such findings demonstrate the importance of biodiversity surveys by taxonomic specialists in understudied marine regions.

Keywords

ZoanthariazooxanthellaeNanozoanthusSaudi ArabiaFarasan Islands
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e19
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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