Figure 1

Collection sites and species. (a) Map of Italy showing the sites where corals were collected: Pantelleria island (PN), Palinuro (PL) and Calafuria (CL). (b–e) In situ camera pictures of the studied species: (b) A. calycularis, (c) C. caespitosa, (d) L. pruvoti and (e) B. europaea. The map of Italy was downloaded from the web site http://d-maps.com/carte.php?num_car=2332&lang=en (no permission required) and labeled using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (University of Bologna license). The camera pictures (b–e) are used with the permission of the photographer Gianni Neto.