A cold-water coral garden with co-occurring Antipathella subpinnata and Dendrophyllia cornigera in the mesophotic zone of the northern Bay of Biscay
Raquel Fonseca da Silva Marques, Aodren Le Gal, Aymeric Boulay, Simon Fournier, Lisa Wauters, Yann Patry, Thomas Pommier, Philippe BORNENS
The paper describes a large aggregation of co-occurring cold-water coral species in the mesophotic zone of the northern Bay of Biscay, highlighting their distribution and ecological significance.
bioRxiv · Nov 14, 2025 · PreprintEcology