Table 10.2 Species originally described in the Strait of Gibraltar and Alboran Sea since 1980 (SG,
Strait of Gibraltar; AI, Alboran Island, CH, Chafarinas Islands; OT, other localities within the
Alboran Sea). Those species that have fallen into synonymy have been excluded (nomenclature
according to WoRMS 2019)
Species
SG AI CH OT
Porifera
Axinella alborana Sitjà and Maldonado 2014
+
Axinella estacioi Carballo and García-Gómez, 1995
+
Axinella spatula Sitjà and Maldonado 2014
+
Axinyssa diversicolor (Carballo, 2000)
+
Cerbaris alborani (Boury-Esnault et al. 1994)
+
Coelosphaera cryosi (Boury-Esnault et al. 1994)
+
Crambe tuberosa Maldonado and Benito, 1991
+
Delectona alboranensis Rosell, 1996
+
Dotona mediterranea Rosell and Uriz, 2002
+
Endectyon filiformis Sitjà and Maldonado 2014
+
Forcepia megachela (Maldonado 1992)
+
Haliclona palmonensis Carballo and García-Gómez, 1995
+
Halichondria almae (Carballo, Uriz and García-Gómez, 1996)
+
Plakinastrella mixta Maldonado 1992
+
Pleraplysilla reticulata Maldonado and Uriz, 1999
+
Scleranthelia microsclera López-González, Ocaña and García-Gómez,
1995
+
Scopalina ceutensis Blanquer and Uriz, 2008
+
Vulcanella aberrans (Maldonado and Uriz, 1996)
+
Cnidaria
Antennella ansini Peña-Cantero and García-Carrascosa, 2002
+
Cordagalma bimaculatum Pugh, 2016
+
Eudendrium moulouyensis Marques, Peña-Cantero and Vervoort, 2000
+
Filellum disaggregatum Peña Cantero, García-Carrascosa and Vervoort,
1998
+
Merona ibera Medel, García-Gómez and Bouillon, 1993
+
Scleranthelia microsclera López-González, Ocaña and García-Gómez,
1995
+
Platyhelminthes
Parotoplana cucullata Delogu, Casu and Curini-Galletti, 2008
+
Parotoplana fretigaditani Delogu, Casu and Curini-Galletti, 2008
+
Parotoplana mastigophora Delogu, Casu and Curini-Galletti, 2008
+
Parotoplana varispinosa Delogu, Casu and Curini-Galletti, 2008
+
Phaenoplana caetaria Pérez-García, Noreña and Cervera, 2018
+
Kinorhyncha
Pycnophyes almansae Sánchez, Herranz, Benito and Pardos, 2014
+
Entoprocta
Loxosomella almugnecarensis Tierno de Figueroa and Sánchez-Tocino,
2009
+
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Strait of Gibraltar; AI, Alboran Island, CH, Chafarinas Islands; OT, other localities within the
Alboran Sea). Those species that have fallen into synonymy have been excluded (nomenclature
according to WoRMS 2019)
Species
SG AI CH OT
Porifera
Axinella alborana Sitjà and Maldonado 2014
+
Axinella estacioi Carballo and García-Gómez, 1995
+
Axinella spatula Sitjà and Maldonado 2014
+
Axinyssa diversicolor (Carballo, 2000)
+
Cerbaris alborani (Boury-Esnault et al. 1994)
+
Coelosphaera cryosi (Boury-Esnault et al. 1994)
+
Crambe tuberosa Maldonado and Benito, 1991
+
Delectona alboranensis Rosell, 1996
+
Dotona mediterranea Rosell and Uriz, 2002
+
Endectyon filiformis Sitjà and Maldonado 2014
+
Forcepia megachela (Maldonado 1992)
+
Haliclona palmonensis Carballo and García-Gómez, 1995
+
Halichondria almae (Carballo, Uriz and García-Gómez, 1996)
+
Plakinastrella mixta Maldonado 1992
+
Pleraplysilla reticulata Maldonado and Uriz, 1999
+
Scleranthelia microsclera López-González, Ocaña and García-Gómez,
1995
+
Scopalina ceutensis Blanquer and Uriz, 2008
+
Vulcanella aberrans (Maldonado and Uriz, 1996)
+
Cnidaria
Antennella ansini Peña-Cantero and García-Carrascosa, 2002
+
Cordagalma bimaculatum Pugh, 2016
+
Eudendrium moulouyensis Marques, Peña-Cantero and Vervoort, 2000
+
Filellum disaggregatum Peña Cantero, García-Carrascosa and Vervoort,
1998
+
Merona ibera Medel, García-Gómez and Bouillon, 1993
+
Scleranthelia microsclera López-González, Ocaña and García-Gómez,
1995
+
Platyhelminthes
Parotoplana cucullata Delogu, Casu and Curini-Galletti, 2008
+
Parotoplana fretigaditani Delogu, Casu and Curini-Galletti, 2008
+
Parotoplana mastigophora Delogu, Casu and Curini-Galletti, 2008
+
Parotoplana varispinosa Delogu, Casu and Curini-Galletti, 2008
+
Phaenoplana caetaria Pérez-García, Noreña and Cervera, 2018
+
Kinorhyncha
Pycnophyes almansae Sánchez, Herranz, Benito and Pardos, 2014
+
Entoprocta
Loxosomella almugnecarensis Tierno de Figueroa and Sánchez-Tocino,
2009
+
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