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Ereskovsky, A.V.; Kovtun, O.A.; Pronin, K.K. (2016). Marine cave biota of the Tarkhankut Peninsula (Black Sea, Crimea), with emphasis on sponge taxonomic composition, spatial distribution and ecological particularities. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 96(2), 391-406.
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10.1017/s0025315415001071 [view]
Ereskovsky, A.V.; Kovtun, O.A.; Pronin, K.K.
2016
Marine cave biota of the Tarkhankut Peninsula (Black Sea, Crimea), with emphasis on sponge taxonomic composition, spatial distribution and ecological particularities
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
96(2), 391-406
Publication
Proceedings of the 9th International Sponge Conference, 2013 Fremantle Sponge Conference.
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The main objectives of this study are the establishment of a detailed description of five semi-submerged and shallow-water marine caves from the Tarkhankut Peninsula (Crimea), their biological characteristics with particular attention to species composition, and the distribution of sponge assemblages in these caves. Three semi-submerged and two submerged caves with lengths of 9–131 m and volumes of 61–3060 m3 have been investigated. All of them are karst-abrasive or karst in origin. In the investigated caves, we inventoried seven sponge species. All were recorded species of Porifera belong to the class Demospongiae and have previously been recorded also in adjacent open sea waters. These species are tolerant to different hydrological conditions, mostly temperature and salinity. Some of them have wide geographic distribution. The species composition of sponges from the shallow water caves of Crimea is quite different from the sponge composition in Mediterranean caves. This could be due to the geographic isolation of the Black Sea and the differences in the hydro-chemical parameters of the milieu (water salinity in Tarkhankut is 18–21‰)
Caspian Sea, Black Sea, Ponto-Caspian
Ecology
Spacial and ecological distribution, Zonation, Microdistribution
Spacial and ecological distribution, Zonation, Microdistribution
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Clathria (Microciona) cleistochela Topsent, 1925 (additional source)
Geodia stellosa Czerniavsky, 1880 (basis of record)
Haliclona flavescens (Topsent, 1893) (additional source)
Haliclona pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880) (new combination reference)
Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (additional source)
Suberites prototypus Czerniavsky, 1880 (additional source)
Geodia stellosa Czerniavsky, 1880 (basis of record)
Haliclona flavescens (Topsent, 1893) (additional source)
Haliclona pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880) (new combination reference)
Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (additional source)
Suberites prototypus Czerniavsky, 1880 (additional source)
Black Sea for Clathria (Microciona) cleistochela Topsent, 1925
Black Sea for Clathria (Microciona) cleistochela Topsent, 1925
Black Sea for Geodia stellosa Czerniavsky, 1880
Black Sea for Geodia stellosa Czerniavsky, 1880
Black Sea for Haliclona flavescens (Topsent, 1893)
Black Sea for Haliclona flavescens (Topsent, 1893)
Black Sea for Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849)
Black Sea for Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849)
Black Sea for Suberites prototypus Czerniavsky, 1880
Black Sea for Suberites prototypus Czerniavsky, 1880
Black Sea for Clathria (Microciona) cleistochela Topsent, 1925
Black Sea for Geodia stellosa Czerniavsky, 1880
Black Sea for Geodia stellosa Czerniavsky, 1880
Black Sea for Haliclona flavescens (Topsent, 1893)
Black Sea for Haliclona flavescens (Topsent, 1893)
Black Sea for Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849)
Black Sea for Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849)
Black Sea for Suberites prototypus Czerniavsky, 1880
Black Sea for Suberites prototypus Czerniavsky, 1880