TY - JOUR
T1 - Synchronized broadcast spawning by six invertebrates (Echinodermata and Mollusca) in the north-western Red Sea
AU - Webb, Alice E.
AU - Engelen, Aschwin H.
AU - Bouwmeester, Jessica
AU - van Dijk, Inge
AU - Geerken, Esmee
AU - Lattaud, Julie
AU - Engelen, Dario
AU - de Bakker, Bernadette S.
AU - de Bakker, Didier M.
N1 - Funding Information: This study received Portuguese national funds from FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology through project UIDB/04326/2020 and contract CEECINST/00114/2018. Funding Information: We thank the team of Red Sea Diving Safaris at Marsa Shagra Village and in particular Mohamed Ezz for sharing his valuable local insights. We would also like to extend our gratitude to Professor Gustav Paulay, Florida Museum of Natural History, for his help in identifying the encountered species and members of the Marsa Shagra diving group. We thank the Editor and reviewer for their careful reading of the manuscript and their constructive remarks. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - On the evenings of June 11 and 12, 2019, 5 and 6 days before full moon, broadcast spawning by four echinoderm species and two mollusc species was observed on the Marsa Shagra reef, Egypt (25° 14′ 44.2" N, 34° 47′ 49.0" E). Water temperature was 28 °C and the invertebrates were observed at 2–8 m depth. The sightings included a single basket star Astroboa nuda (Lyman 1874), 2 large Tectus dentatus (Forskal 1775) sea snails, 14 individuals of the Leiaster cf. leachi (Gray 1840) sea star and 1 Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck 1816) sea star, 3 Pearsonothuria graeffei (Semper 1868) sea cucumbers, and 2 giant clams, Tridacna maxima (Röding 1798). The observations presented here provide relevant information on broadcast spawning of non-coral invertebrate taxa in the Red Sea, where spawning is considerably less well documented than in other tropical geographical regions such as the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean.
AB - On the evenings of June 11 and 12, 2019, 5 and 6 days before full moon, broadcast spawning by four echinoderm species and two mollusc species was observed on the Marsa Shagra reef, Egypt (25° 14′ 44.2" N, 34° 47′ 49.0" E). Water temperature was 28 °C and the invertebrates were observed at 2–8 m depth. The sightings included a single basket star Astroboa nuda (Lyman 1874), 2 large Tectus dentatus (Forskal 1775) sea snails, 14 individuals of the Leiaster cf. leachi (Gray 1840) sea star and 1 Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck 1816) sea star, 3 Pearsonothuria graeffei (Semper 1868) sea cucumbers, and 2 giant clams, Tridacna maxima (Röding 1798). The observations presented here provide relevant information on broadcast spawning of non-coral invertebrate taxa in the Red Sea, where spawning is considerably less well documented than in other tropical geographical regions such as the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03871-6
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03871-6
M3 - Article
SN - 0025-3162
VL - 168
JO - Marine Biology
JF - Marine Biology
IS - 5
M1 - 56
ER -