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Occurrence of the coral Porites panamensis (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) in an estuarine environment of the Colombian Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2015

Fernando A. Zapata  and
Diego F. Lozano-Cortés
Fernando A. Zapata*
Affiliation:
Coral Reef Ecology Research Group, Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle, Apartado Aéreo 25360, Cali, Colombia
Diego F. Lozano-Cortés
Affiliation:
Coral Reef Ecology Research Group, Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle, Apartado Aéreo 25360, Cali, Colombia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: F.A. Zapata, Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No. 100–00, A.A. 25360, Cali, Colombia email: fernando.zapata@correounivalle.edu.co
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Abstract

Porites panamensis is the scleractinian coral with the widest latitudinal distribution in the eastern tropical Pacific. Here, we report the occurrence of P. panamensis in an estuarine environment of the central Pacific coast of Colombia at the rocky reef of Los Negritos, Málaga Bay. Porites panamensis seems to withstand a wide range of environmental settings, including areas with unfavourable conditions for the survival of most other corals. Such wide tolerance may explain its broad latitudinal distribution in the eastern tropical Pacific.

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coralsestuarine conditionsMálaga BayPorites panamensiseastern tropical PacificColombia

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e138
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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