Range extension for conopea saotomensis (crustacea; cirripedia: archaeobalanidae) in the tropical eastern atlantic

Moura, Carlos; Wirtz, Peter; Nhanquê, Filipe T.; Barbosa, Castro; Serrao, Ester A.; Syoc, Robert Van

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Barnacles of the genus Conopea are obligate epibionts of gorgonians and antipatharians. The species Conopea saotomensis Carrison-Stone et al. 2013, previously only known from the islands of S & atilde;o Tom & eacute; and Pr & iacute;ncipe and the coast of Gabon, is reported from the Bijag & oacute;s archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, based on morphological examination and DNA barcoding of specimens. The new record extends the known range of the species about 3000 km to the northwest.