Facies with Paramuricea clavata

This facies is characterised by the high density of colonies of the gorgonian (red sea-fan) Paramuricea clavata. The lower stratum is very rich((( there are found the cnidarians Caryophyllia smithii, Hoplangia durotrix, Leptopsammia pruvoti, Corallium rubrum, the bryozoans Celleporina caminata, Schizomavella mamillata, Smittina cervicornis, Myriapora truncata, Serpulidae, the sponges Ircinia variabilis, Spongia officinalis, Sarcotragus spinosulus, Scalarispongia scalaris, Aplysina cavernicola, Penares euastrum and Agelas oroides, and the molluscs Thylacodes arenarius and Lithophaga lithophaga. An intermediary level includes invertebrates colonising parts of the branches, such as the cnidarian Alcyonium coralloides, the bryozoans Adeonella calveti, Turbicellepora avicularis, Reteporella spp. and Pentapora fascialis, and the molluscs Pteria hirundo and Anomia ephippium.

Código Eunis 2021: MC151B