Aportación al conocimiento de los moluscos marinos de fondos arenosos de Lanzarote, La Graciosa y Alegranza

  1. Monterroso Hoyos, Oscar
  2. Rodríguez García del Castillo, Miriam
  3. Núñez Fraga, Jorge
  4. Barquín Díez, Jacinto
Journal:
Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias: = Folia Canariensis Academiae Scientiarum

ISSN: 1130-4723

Year of publication: 2002

Volume: 14

Issue: 3-4

Pages: 99-118

Type: Article

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Abstract

The first results of the malacological study of 790 samples of soft bottoms from Lanzarote, La Graciosa and Alegranza islands are presented. The samples were taken with a modify Cak-Foster dredge at depths between 5-50 m. A total of 86 alive molluscan species were collected: 46 Bivalvia, 37 Gastropoda, 2 Polyplacophora and 1 Scaphopoda. A photographic catalogue has been done. Also the richness, abundance, diversity and Pielou's evenness of the total fauna are presented.