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EurOBIS MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences
Black corals are antipatharian corals that occur from sublittoral to abyssal depths on hard, mixed and soft substrates. Under favourable conditions, some black coral species form dense stands known as black coral gardens which create habitat for a variety of associated species.
Citation: Tempera F.; Sinde-Mano A.L.; Gomes Pereira J.N.; Atchoi E.; de Matos V.; Santos S.V.; Milla-Figueras D.; Das D.; Graça G.; Fontes J.; Bates R.; Ribeiro P.; Afonso P.; IMAR-Institute of Marine Research, University of the Azores, Portugal; (2021): Black coral occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 1991 to 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/557
Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:31
URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=antipatharia_azores
Fernando Tempera
Institute of Marine Research
Pedro Afonso
Institute of Marine Research
Ana Luísa Sinde-Mano
Institute of Marine Research
José Gomes-Pereira
Institute of Marine Research
Elizabeth Atchoi
Institute of Marine Research
Valentina Matos
Institute of Marine Research
Vanessa Santos
Institute of Marine Research
David Milla-Figueras
Institute of Marine Research
Diya Das
Institute of Marine Research
Goncalo Graca
Institute of Marine Research
Jorge Fontes
Institute of Marine Research
Richard Bates
University of St Andrews
Pedro Ribeiro
Institute of Marine Research
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
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| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 340 |
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| ON_LAND | 136 |
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