[Coral-List] Palythoa overgrowing corals in Todos os Santos Bay, Brazil

[Igor Cruz]

Hello,

My name is Igor Cruz. I'm Brazilian and I've seen Palythoa caribaerum
overgrow in some reefs from Todos os Santos Bay, when I'm doing my Master
Thesis. But here, its cover isn't more that 15%. Although, there is other
Zoanthid of the genera Epzoanthus that showed a great cover in two sites 60%
and 82% in 2007. In the site Poste 1 the cover was 43% in 2003 and after
four yeas the cover was 82%.

I've seen the fireworm Hermodice eat both and some corals to.

Cheers,

Igor Cruz – Biólogo

**Grupo de Pesquisa em Recifes de Corais e Mudanças Globais
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Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento
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