Out of the depths: new records of the sea anemone Oulactis coliumensis (Riemann-ZÜrneck & Gallardo, 1990) in shallow waters from northern Chile and Peru

Spano C.A.; Carbajal P.; Ganga B.; Acevedo C.; Häussermann V. · Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (2022) · DOI: 10.1017/s002531542200039x

Resumen

New in situ records of the sublittoral sea anemone Oulactis coliumensis (Riemann-ZÜrneck & Gallardo, 1990) are provided from different localities of northern Chile and Peru. Specimens were generally observed buried in shallow soft bottoms (3-25 m depth), near port cities and in areas with a high organic load. This is the first report of the species outside its type locality (off the Bay of Coliumo, Chile; ~36°S), extending its range of distribution to lower latitudes. Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.