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ArticleKAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionMarine Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
KAUST Grant Number
1389-CRG1Date
2015-01-30Online Publication Date
2015-01-30Print Publication Date
2015Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/622292
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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.Citation
Reimer JD, Kawamura I, Berumen ML (2015) First record of Nanozoanthidae from the Red Sea. Marine Biodiversity Records 8. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1755267214001481.Sponsors
This research was supported by award no. 1389-CRG1 from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) to M.L. Berumen.Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)Journal
Marine Biodiversity Recordsae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/s1755267214001481