Complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of <i>Stichopathes</i> Brook, 1889 (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Asorey, Cynthia M.; Sellanes, Javier; Wagner, Daniel; Easton, Erin E.

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1990150

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“…It is worth mentioning that the results reported here may be mainly reflecting the asymmetrical sampling effort of past research expeditions of Chilean coastal and marine waters and not the real pattern of coral distribution and biodiversity in this vast area. Indeed, recent local-scale studies of the slopes of the ecoregions comprising oceanic islands and the seamounts of Nazca and Desventuradas (Friedlander et al 2016;Asorey et al 2021;Tapia-Guerra et al 2021a) and of Easter Island (Tapia-Guerra et al 2021b) have highlighted the still incipient taxonomic knowledge of benthic assemblages in these areas, particularly of corals, among other poorly studied organisms.…”

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Biodiversity and distribution of corals in Chile

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The present review investigates our current knowledge of the richness and distribution of coral species inhabiting diverse habitats in Chilean coastal and marine waters, including the oceanic islands. Information, such as the spatial-temporal coverage, taxonomic resolution, and bathymetry of species, was extracted from published articles, geodatabases, and unpublished data. Our analyses of these data highlight major gaps in knowledge on corals in Chile, indicating this region remains poorly studied. The results show that the previous studies focused mostly on coastal and shallow-water habitats, with the continental slope, oceanic islands, and seamounts remaining mainly unexplored. Furthermore, high coral species richness was observed in the Magellanic Province compared with the northern Intermediate Area and Peruvian Province, and the temporal distribution of occurrence records was discontinuous, with peaks observed for the years 1876–1877, 1960–1967, and 2001–2016. We also report a new location and an extension of the known geographic distribution for Bathycyathus chilensis. Despite the progress in scientific knowledge achieved in the last decades, coral research still suffers from significant knowledge gaps, especially of the deep-sea benthic biodiversity in Chile. Further exploration of Chilean coastal and marine waters is therefore necessary to increase the knowledge of the coral biodiversity of this vast region.

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