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Population status of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea (Mollusca: Patellidae) in the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (south-west Mediterranean Sea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2013

Ángel Orozco ,
Javier Guallart  and
José Templado
Ángel Orozco
Affiliation:
c/ Dr Miguel Gómez Morales, 14, 4°A, 52005 Melilla, Spain
Javier Guallart*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, c/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
José Templado
Affiliation:
c/ Dr Miguel Gómez Morales, 14, 4°A, 52005 Melilla, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Guallart, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, c/José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain email: javier.guallart@uv.es
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Abstract

The population of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea in the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, a small Spanish peninsula located on the North African coast (south-west Mediterranean) was evaluated by surveys carried out in June and October 2012. Overall, 567 specimens were recorded along the entire coastline (about 1320 m) of this enclave (169 individuals measured >30 mm in maximum diameter of the shell, likely adults, and 398 specimens were <30 mm, likely immature individuals). In this site an average 0.13 adults/m was registered, and the maximum density observed was 0.90 adults/m in some zones. This points out the importance of this enclave among the present known populations existing in Spanish territories of this highly endangered limpet, but particularly highlights the role of the adjacent North African coastal protected areas in the conservation of this species.

Keywords

Patella ferrugineaferrugineous limpetendangered limpetinvertebrate conservationPeñón de Vélez de la GomeraAl-Hoceima National ParkAlboran Sea
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e121
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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