First record of the fireworm Hermodice carunculata preying on colonies of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora Cervicornis in the southeastern outplanting sites of the Dominican Republic

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Published Oct 1, 2017
DOI https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i11.17
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Johanna Calle-Triviño
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico / Fundación Dominicana de Estudios Marinos, Dominican Republic
Camilo Cortés-Useche
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México / Fundación Dominicana de Estudios Marinos, Dominican Republic
Rita Sellares
Fundación Dominicana de Estudios Marinos, Dominican Republic
Jesús Ernesto Arias González
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico

Abstract

Several fireworms Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) were observed feeding on coral colonies or transplanted fragments of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816), in outplanting sites at Bayahibe, Dominican Republic. The fireworm H. carunculata has a highly negative impact on A. cervicornis populations, causing several lesions on the living tissue of branches and partial or complete mortality at the outplanting sites. This is the first report of predation on transplanted colonies in a coral restoration program in the Dominican Republic.

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Hermodice carunculata, coral reefs, restoration, Acropora cervicornis, Dominican Republic, Caribbean

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Miller, M. W., C. Marmet, C. M. Cameron & D. E. Williams. 2014. Prevalence, consequences, and mitigation of fireworm predation on endangered staghorn coral. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 516: 187-194.

Wolf, A. T. & N. M. Nugues. 2013. Predation on coral settlers by the corallivorous fireworm Hermodice carunculata. Coral Reefs, 32: 227-231.
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No. 11 (2017)
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Calle-Triviño, J., Cortés-Useche, C., Sellares, R., & Arias González, J. E. (2017). First record of the fireworm Hermodice carunculata preying on colonies of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora Cervicornis in the southeastern outplanting sites of the Dominican Republic. Novitates Caribaea, (11), 97–98. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i11.17

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