Sponge Fauna of the Apulian Marine Caves (Southern Italy): Current State of Knowledge

Author:

Longo Caterina12ORCID,Giménez Guadalupe1,Miscioscia Francesco1ORCID,Corriero Giuseppe13

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy

2. Interdepartmental Research Centre for Coastal Dynamics, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy

3. Interdepartmental Centre for Risk Analysis and Management in Health and Environmental Emergencies, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy

Abstract

Submerged and semi-submerged marine caves are considered a European habitat of Community Interest as they preserve one of the most important biodiversity heritages in the Mediterranean and serve as refugia for endemic and/or “relict” species. Among sessile benthic taxa, caves represent significant reservoirs of sponge species richness and are well representative of the entire poriferan Mediterranean fauna. In order to assess the current knowledge of sponge species in marine caves along the Apulian coast, this study gathered data from the available literature (national and international scientific publications and grey literature) with original data, surveying 26 marine caves in the area. A total of 145 Porifera species were reported in marine caves on the Apulian coast, including 117 in the Tremiti archipelago, 33 along the Adriatic coast of Bari and 73 along the Salento Peninsula. Original data includes new records for nine species in the Corvine cave, two in the Murene cave and one in the Zinzulusa cave. Our results suggest that marine cave communities along the Apulian coast are not uniformly surveyed, being the caves of the Tremiti Islands and those of the Salento Peninsula among the best studied, while large stretches of the regional coast, although particularly rich in marine caves, are poorly investigated for their sponge fauna.

Funder

Apulia region

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Nature and Landscape Conservation,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),Ecological Modeling,Ecology

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