Earth:Banc Capel
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Short description: A guyot, or flat-topped underwater volcano, in the Coral Sea
Banc Capel is a guyot, or flat-topped underwater volcano, in the Coral Sea.
Description
Banc Capel is a guyot – a former atoll with steep sides and a flat top – and is swept by strong currents. There are no sandy or muddy substrates, the surface being occupied by rocks or gravel scree.[2]
Biodiversity
Banc Capel is inhabited by species including Nassarius alabasteroides and Laurentaeglyphea.[3][4][5][2][6] It is dominated by sponges, including the genus Phloedictyon and gorgonians. Other decapods found in the same trawls including the slipper lobster Ibacus brucei, the crab Randallia and swimming crabs.[2]
Notes and references
- ↑ "GeoHack". https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Laurentaeglyphea¶ms=24_45.70_S_159_42.13_E_. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bertrand Richer de Forges (2006). "Découverte en mer du Corail d'une deuxième espèce de glyphéide (Crustacea, Decapoda, Glypheoidea)" (PDF). Zoosystema 28 (1): 17–28. http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/7658_zoo06n1a2.pdf.
- ↑ Kool (2009). Miscellanea Malacologica 3 (5) : 97-100. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ↑ Nassarius alabasteroides Kool, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ↑ Nassarius alabasteroides Kool, 2009, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 2009, http://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2000-21889
- ↑ T. Y. Chan; M. Butler; A. MacDiarmid; A. Cockcroft; R. Wahle (2011). "Laurentaeglyphea neocaledonica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2011: e.T185043A8357202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T185043A8357202.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/185043/0. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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