Table 1 Savaglia Savalia colonies examined in the photographic material used for the growth and overgrowth estimation.
From: Growth and skeletal structure of the parasitic zoantharian Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819)
Locality | Depth (m) | Monitoring period | N specimens | Gorgonian condition | Estimated features | Photo credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Portofino MPA | Ligurian Sea | 45 | 2016; 2022 | 1 | Partially covered | Fan surface | Alessandro Grasso |
Costacuti Shoal | C Tyrrhenian Sea | 45 | 2018–2023 | 1 | Partially covered | Fan surface | Alessandro Diotallevi |
Mortoriotto, Portorotondo | C Tyrrhenian Sea | 35 | 1966; 2005; 2023 | 1 | Completely covered | Fan surface, branch length | Eleonora de Sabata |
Tavolara MPA | C Tyrrhenian Sea | 35 | 2002–2024 | 1 | Partially covered | Fan surface, branch length | Egidio Trainito |
Tavolara MPA | C Tyrrhenian Sea | 35 | 2017; 2023 | 2 | Completely covered | Basal plate surface | Egidio Trainito |
Capo Carbonara | C Tyrrhenian Sea | 35 | 2017; 2023 | 1 | Completely covered | Basal plate surface | Egidio Trainito |
Ustica | S Tyrrhenian Sea | 30 | 2018–2024 | 11 | Completely covered | Fan surface | Maria Cristina Gambi, Riccado Cingillo, Elisa Manganelli, Lucio Bellomo |
Scilla | Messina Strait | 40 | 1999–2003 | 1 | Partially covered | Fan surface | Francesco Turano |
