Boissin E, Pogoreutz C, Pey A, Gravier-Bonnet N, Planes S
PSL Research University : EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL .
Zootaxa. 2019 Sep 12;4668(4):zootaxa.4668.4.11. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.11.
The fire coral Millepora platyphylla Hemprich Ehrenberg, 1834 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) has a widespread Indo-Pacific distribution observed from the surface to 40 m (Razak Hoeksema 2003). However, its extirpation from the East Pacific (Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama) was documented after the 1982-1983 bleaching event (Glynn Weerdt 1991). Here, we report the discovery of 5 colonies of M. platyphylla from the eastern Pacific, specifically at Clipperton Atoll, during the TARA Pacific expedition (www.taraexpeditions.org).
火珊瑚（Millepora platyphylla Hemprich Ehrenberg，1834年）（刺胞动物门，水螅纲）在印度-太平洋地区分布广泛，从海面至水下40米都有发现（拉扎克·赫克塞马，2003年）。然而，1982 - 1983年白化事件后，有记录表明其在东太平洋（巴拿马奇里基湾）灭绝（格林·韦尔特，1991年）。在此，我们报告在TARA太平洋探险期间（www.taraexpeditions.org），于东太平洋，特别是克利珀顿环礁发现了5个火珊瑚群体。
