The ‘temperate’ reef coral Coscinaraea marshae Wells, 1962, is reported from Siberut Island (West Sumatra, Indonesia), a near-equatorial locality, 3375 km away from its northernmost range limit in Western Australia, where it is considered a high-latitude endemic. This tropical record suggests that the latitudinal distributions of poorly recorded reef corals may not yet be fully understood, which might be relevant in the light of progressing seawater warming.
Hoeksema B.W., Johan O. and Kunzmann A. (2021) The Reef Coral Coscinaraea marshae Is Not a High-Latitude Endemic. Diversity 13(12): 681. 10.3390/d13120681
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Title = {The Reef Coral Coscinaraea marshae Is Not a High-Latitude Endemic},
Author = {Hoeksema, Bert W. and Johan, Ofri and Kunzmann, Andreas},
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Journal = {Diversity},
Year = {2021},
Pages = {681},
Volume = {13},
Doi = {10.3390/d13120681},
Abstract = {The ‘temperate’ reef coral Coscinaraea marshae Wells, 1962, is reported from Siberut Island (West Sumatra, Indonesia), a near-equatorial locality, 3375 km away from its northernmost range limit in Western Australia, where it is considered a high-latitude endemic. This tropical record suggests that the latitudinal distributions of poorly recorded reef corals may not yet be fully understood, which might be relevant in the light of progressing seawater warming.},
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DO - 10.3390/d13120681
AB - The ‘temperate’ reef coral Coscinaraea marshae Wells, 1962, is reported from Siberut Island (West Sumatra, Indonesia), a near-equatorial locality, 3375 km away from its northernmost range limit in Western Australia, where it is considered a high-latitude endemic. This tropical record suggests that the latitudinal distributions of poorly recorded reef corals may not yet be fully understood, which might be relevant in the light of progressing seawater warming.
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