Ellisella paraplexauroides
Ellisella paraplexauroides is a vulnerable gorgonian considered among the largest colonial invertebrates of the Mediterranean Sea.[1]
It has an unusual restricted and uneven distribution, with isolated and extremely sparse colonies in a few sites in the Alboran Sea, the coasts of Algeria and Tunisia, and in the Strait of Sicily,[1] with an exceptionally dense and rich population around the Natura 2000 site on Chafarinas Islands, where its colonies make a unique seascape.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Otero, M. del M.; Numa, C.; Bo, m.; Orejas, C.; Garrabou, J.; Cerrano, C.; Kružić, P.; Antoniadou, C.; Aguilar, R.; Kipson, S.; Linares, C.; Terrón-Sigler, A.; Brossard, J.; Kersting, D.; Casado-Amezúa, P.; García, S.; Goffredo, S.; Ocaña, O.; Caroselli, E.; Maldonado, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Özalp, B. (2017), "Overview of the Conservation Status of Mediterranean Anthozoa" (PDF), IUCN Redlist, IUCN
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