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Millepora platyphylla (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) range extended back to the Eastern Pacific, thanks to a new record from Clipperton Atoll

E. Boissin 1, 2 C. Pogoreutz 3 A. Pey 4 N. Gravier-Bonnet 5 S. Planes 1, 2
1 CRIOBE - Centre de recherches insulaires et observatoire de l'environnement
2 LabEX CORAIL - Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL
3 Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering
4 COMUE UCA - COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019)
5 ENTROPIE [Réunion] - Ecologie marine tropicale dans les Océans Pacifique et Indien
Abstract : The fire coral Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) has a widespread Indo-Pacific distribution observed from the surface to 40 m (Razak & Hoeksema 2003). However, its extirpation from the East Pacific (Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama) was documented after the 1982-1983 bleaching event (Glynn & Weerdt 1991). Here, we report the discovery of 5 colonies of M. platyphylla from the eastern Pacific, specifically at Clipperton Atoll, during the TARA Pacific expedition (www.taraexpeditions.org).
Keywords : Coelenterata Cnidaria Hydrozoa
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E. Boissin, C. Pogoreutz, A. Pey, N. Gravier-Bonnet, S. Planes. Millepora platyphylla (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) range extended back to the Eastern Pacific, thanks to a new record from Clipperton Atoll. Zootaxa, Magnolia Press, 2019, 4668 (4), pp.599-600. ⟨10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.11⟩. ⟨hal-02431766⟩

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