Ellisella paraplexauroides
Ellisella paraplexauroides is a vulnerable gorgonian considered among the largest colonial invertebrates of the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
| Ellisella paraplexauroides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Ellisellidae |
| Genus: | Ellisella |
| Species: | E. paraplexauroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Ellisella paraplexauroides Stiasny, 1936 | |
It has an unusual restricted and uneven distribution, with isolated and extremely sparse colonies in a few sites in the Alboran Sea, the coasts of Algeria and Tunisia, and in the Strait of Sicily,[2] with an exceptionally dense and rich population around the Natura 2000 site on Chafarinas Islands, where its colonies make a unique seascape.[2]
References
- Maldonado, M.; Ocaña, O.; Garcia, S.; Betti, F.; Caroselli, E. (2015). "Ellisella paraplexauroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T50011764A50605921.
- Otero, M. del M.; Numa, C.; Bo, m.; Orejas, C.; Garrabou, J.; Cerrano, C.; Kružić, P.; Antoniadou, C.; Aguilar, R.; Kipson, S.; Linares, C.; Terrón-Sigler, A.; Brossard, J.; Kersting, D.; Casado-Amezúa, P.; García, S.; Goffredo, S.; Ocaña, O.; Caroselli, E.; Maldonado, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Özalp, B. (2017), "Overview of the Conservation Status of Mediterranean Anthozoa" (PDF), Overview of the Conservation Status of Mediterranean Anthozoa, IUCN Redlist, IUCN
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