Didogobius splechtnai Ahnelt & Patzner, 1995
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https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2021-453-001 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F625A326-FFF4-E65F-4690-FB22FEAFF923 |
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Felipe |
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Didogobius splechtnai Ahnelt & Patzner, 1995 |
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Didogobius splechtnai Ahnelt & Patzner, 1995 View in CoL
A Splechtna’s goby, Gobiidae ( Fig. 7D View Figure 7 ), was observed and photographed on 16 Jun 2019 by S. Le Bris while scuba diving in the Blé cove at Giens Peninsula (43.0294°N, 6.0948°E, Mediterranean Sea) at 33 m depth. The individual, ca. 4 cm TL, was observed lying on coarse sand close to a coralline wall ( Le Bris et al., 2019f). The species was first described from Ibiza (Balearic Islands) and was first recorded in French waters in 2005 in the Cap Roux Marine Reserve and La Ciotat. It was again observed in 2006 at Port- Cros and Villefranche-sur-Mer, and in 2007 at Antibes. The observations were performed at 11-42 m depth within caves or cavities of coralligenous concretions ( Francour, 2008). The species was also mentioned by Iglésias et al. (2020). The scarcity of records of the species may be related to its cryptic habitat.
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