@misc{10481/104474,
year = {2025},
month = {2},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/104474},
abstract = {Urchin barrens (‘blanquizales’) are habitats dominated by encrusting non-geniculate
coralline algae and maintained by urchin
grazing. Taxonomic information of coralline communities in Mediterranean blanquizales is limited. Lumpy to fruticose coralline
algal specimens, unusual in blanquizales, were found along the southern Spanish coast. Sequences from these specimens
resolved with foliose samples morpho-anatomically
identified as Lithophyllum dentatum. Initial observations suggested that this
protuberant Lithophyllum species increases diversity in the otherwise species-poor
exposed blanquizales. When present, higher
macroalgal cover was observed with algae and microfauna frequently observed as epibiotic among the coralline's protuberances.},
organization = {EU Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie grant agreement no. 813360},
publisher = {Wiley},
keywords = {Blanquizales},
keywords = {Barcoding},
keywords = {Crustose coralline algae},
title = {An Unusual Protuberant Lithophyllum sp. From Southern Spain Increases Structural Complexity in Urchin Barrens},
doi = {10.1002/aqc.70090},
author = {Ramos Estenzo, Dino Angelo and Río Sánchez, Jesús Del and Peñas De Giles, Julio and Braga Alarcón, Juan Carlos},
}