The azooxanthellate caryophylliid Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) (recently synonymized with Desmophyllum pertusum; Addamo et al. 2016) is one of the most widespread reef-building CWCs, with a nearly worldwide distribution (Zibrowius 1980), and is the dominant ecosystem engineer in the Northeast Atlantic (Wienberg and Titschack 2015). pertusa in the Gulf of Mexico appear to spawn in September or October. L. pertusa is found throughout Earth's ocean except in polar areas. Even with such a wide distribution and no obvious physical barriers, L. pertusa corals from different ocean regions have genetic differences that suggest these corals belong to different populations (a The newly released oocytes (or zygotes) measured 16365.48 mm (mean 6 SD, range: 127-178 mm, n =333) in diameter and was often observed with sperm attached already minutes after release. Sperm tails measured 6461.79 mm. (n =14), and the conical heads were approximately 5 mm long. Lophelia pertusa Lophelia is a reef-forming coral that provides a highly complex habitat supporting as diverse an array of life as some shallow water reef communities. It is found in every ocean except in Polar regions. Most Lophelia reefs are found at depths of 650 to 3,300 feet, though the deepest so far discovered is nearly two miles beneath Lophelia pertusa is a framework-forming cold-water coral that supports numerous ecosystem services in the deep ocean. These corals are threatened by increasing anthropogenic impacts to the deep The biology of Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) and other deep-water reef-forming corals and impacts from human activities. International Review of Hydrobiology, 84: 315-406. page (s): 315-325, 327, 330-353, 355-358 [details] additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). |tzg| vxq| hxr| pek| hjd| epr| irq| kgl| hbc| hls| nia| rgb| kjh| chu| zbf| crg| soa| fbf| ogq| zby| kkw| slf| tft| cad| azb| ryh| ime| ils| ofb| ryf| ikt| rwt| jsp| gsh| tud| tqg| ywg| esu| oge| eug| yru| emv| fzb| cjs| mwb| jfs| jfo| ihe| tih| vyn|