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Alternate Title
Northern Record for the Zooxanthellate Scleractinian Coral Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander) from the Gulf of Mexico
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Article
Abstract
We report a northward range extension of the zooxanthellate scleractinian coral Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander) in the Gulf of Mexico. Several small, living colonies of S. siderea have been obtained in dredge samples from a site located at 29º 55.5' N, 087º 28.4' W in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Prior to these collections the northernmost occurrence of S. siderea in the Gulf of Mexico was reported as 27º 54.5' N, 093º 35.8' W, on the East Flower Garden Bank, in the western Gulf of Mexico. In the eastern Gulf of Mexico, S. siderea is not reported occurring on the west Florida shelf north of the Florida Keys-Dry Tortugas or approximately 24º 55' N.
First Page
361
Last Page
364
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Recommended Citation
Schroeder, W. W. and T. S. Hopkins.
1997.
Northern Record for the Zooxanthellate Scleractinian Coral Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander) from the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf Research Reports
9
(4):
361-364.
Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol9/iss4/14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0904.14
