GULF OF GUINEA ISLANDS' BIODIVERSITY
NETWORK
New records of marine invertebrates from São Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea)
Peter Wirtz
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, P-8000-117 Faro, Portugal,
E-mail: biomar at dragoeiro.uma.pt
Abstract
The anthozoan Actinostella flosculifera, the polychaete Lygdamis
wirtzi, the decapods Gnathophyllum americanum and Periclimenes
platalea, the phoronid Phoronis australis, the holothurian Euapta
lappa, and the asteroid Goniaster tesselatus are recorded from São Tomé Island for the first time. The marine zoogeography of the area is briefly discussed, with special emphasis on the high proportion of amphi-Atlantic species.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK
2003 83:735-736