Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862)
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Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) |
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Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) Fig. 19
Hircinia variabilis Schmidt, 1862: 34.
Description.
Growth form massive up to 20-25 cm in height and diameter. Colour also notably variable: from light or dark grey, to light or dark brown and light or dark violet. Consistency elastic and strong. Dimension and density of conules variable, not representing a valid diagnostic character. Oscules arranged in disorder. Skeleton network of primary (150-250 µm) fibres cored by opaque foreign materials supporting conules at their apices; secondary fibres mostly free of inclusions, and highly variable in diameter (10-200 µm).
Habitat.
Cave, coralligenous community, detritic and rocky bottom, Posidonia oceanica meadow, lagoon, epibiotic on Pinna nobilis . Bathymetric range 0-450 m.
Mediterranean caves.
Blava, Blue, Meda Petita, Petita de la Vaca caves (Balearic Sea); Galatea*, Falco*, Bisbe* caves (Sardinian Sea); Niolon Cave (Gulf of Lions); Punta Manara, Western-Bonassola caves (Ligurian Sea); Azzurra, Isolotto, Giannutri, Ponza, Monte Vico, Mago, Secca delle Formiche-Vivara, Misteri, Scraio-Vico Equense, Mitigliano caves (Central Tyrrhenian Sea); Maratea, Azzurra, Leone caves (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea); Taccio Vecchio 1 Cave-Lampedusa* (Sicily Channel); Castro Marina, Porto Cesareo, Mazzere*, Gymnasium* caves (Ionian Sea); Croatian, Vrbnik-Krk, Columbera caves (Northern Adriatic Sea); Pagliai, Viole, Bue Marino, Regina, Torre Incine, Piccolo Ciolo, Marinella, Principessa caves (Southern Adriatic Sea); Gournia Cave (Crete, Aegean Sea) ( Vacelet 1959; Sarà 1962, 1964a; Labate 1965; Pulitzer-Finali and Pronzato 1976, 1980; Pansini et al. 1977; Pulitzer-Finali 1977; Pansini and Pronzato 1982; Bibiloni et al. 1984a, b; Balduzzi et al. 1989; Corriero et al. 2000, 2004; Arko-Pjevac et al. 2001; Martì et al. 2004; Bussotti et al. 2006; Faresi et al. 2006; Turon et al. 2009; Pronzato and Manconi 2011; Bakran-Petricioli et al. 2012; Cadeddu 2012).
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