Marine Evolution and Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands; Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC Groningen, the Netherlands; Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9505, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
Marine Evolution and Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxford OX1 3SZ, UK; Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2023 Sep;194(Pt B):115354. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115354. Epub 2023 Aug 11.
A coral community was examined on a semi-submersible platform that was moored at the leeward side of Curaçao, in the southern Caribbean, from August 2016 until August 2017. This community included several non-native or cryptogenic species. Among them were two scleractinian corals (Tubastraea coccinea and T. tagusensis) and two octocorals (Chromonephthea sp. and an unidentified Nephtheidae sp.). This is the first reported presence of T. tagusensis in the southern Caribbean, and the genus Chromonephthea in the Caribbean region. An ascidian, Perophora cf. regina, is also reported from the southern Caribbean for the first time, as well as a coral-associated vermetid gastropod, Petaloconchus sp., first recorded in the Caribbean in 2014. Lack of biofouling management could potentially harm indigenous marine fauna through the introduction of non-native species. Therefore monitoring communities associated with semi-submersible platforms is essential to track the presence and dispersal of non-native, potentially invasive species.
一个珊瑚群落被检查在一个半潜式平台上，该平台停泊在加勒比海南部的库拉索岛的背风侧，从 2016 年 8 月到 2017 年 8 月。这个群落包括几个非本地或隐生种。其中有两种石珊瑚（Tubastraea coccinea 和 T. tagusensis）和两种八放珊瑚（Chromonephthea sp. 和一种未鉴定的 Nephtheidae sp.）。这是首次在加勒比海南部报告 T. tagusensis 的存在，也是首次在加勒比地区报告 Chromonephthea 属。此外，还首次从加勒比海报告了一种被囊动物，Perophora cf. regina，以及一种与珊瑚相关的涡螺腹足动物 Petaloconchus sp.，该物种于 2014 年首次在加勒比地区记录。缺乏生物污损管理可能会通过引入非本地物种而伤害本土海洋动物群。因此，监测与半潜式平台相关的群落对于跟踪非本地、潜在入侵物种的存在和传播至关重要。
