Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) of the Dutch Caribbean and One New Species of Parazoanthus
Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) of the Dutch Caribbean and One New Species of Parazoanthus
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10.3390/d12050190
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发表时间：
2020-05-01
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2.4
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Reimer, James Davis
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Montenegro, Javier;Hoeksema, Bert W.;Reimer, James Davis
珊瑚虫目的珊瑚虫属（=珊瑚虫总科）是亚热带和热带浅水珊瑚礁的常见组成部分。尽管对加勒比地区的物种多样性进行了长期的研究，但该海域的许多地区仍未得到充分研究。其中一个地区是荷属加勒比，包括圣尤斯特歇斯岛、圣马丁岛、萨巴岛、阿鲁巴岛、博内尔岛和库拉索岛，以及萨巴海岸，那里没有明确的物种名单。在这里，结合对自然生物多样性中心收藏的标本的检查，以及实地考察的新标本和记录，我们提供了一份荷兰加勒比海地区发现的动物物种清单。我们的研究结果表明，至少有16种已被描述的物种存在，包括新发现的大西洋副anthus，以及多达4种未被描述的物种的潜在存在。这些新物种和未描述物种的记录表明，尽管加勒比地区的动物研究历史悠久，但仍有进一步的发现有待发现。鉴于生物多样性的丧失和对不断衰退的珊瑚礁日益增加的人为压力，记录动物和其他珊瑚礁物种的多样性以提供基线数据具有新的紧迫性。
Species of the anthozoan order Zoantharia (=Zoanthidea) are common components of subtropical and tropical shallow water coral reefs. Despite a long history of research on their species diversity in the Caribbean, many regions within this sea remain underexamined. One such region is the Dutch Caribbean, including the islands of St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Saba, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao, as well as the Saba Bank, for which no definitive species list exists. Here, combining examinations of specimens housed in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center collection with new specimens and records from field expeditions, we provide a list of zoantharian species found within the Dutch Caribbean. Our results demonstrate the presence at least 16 described species, including the newly described Parazoanthus atlanticus, and the additional potential presence of up to four undescribed species. These records of new and undescribed species demonstrate that although the zoantharian research history of the Caribbean is long, further discoveries remain to be found. In light of biodiversity loss and increasing anthropogenic pressure on declining coral reefs, documenting the diversity of zoantharians and other coral reef species to provide baseline data takes on a new urgency.