Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) new record for mainland Portugal

Brydes’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) is a species of baleen whale known to live year-round in warm waters, although the distribution of the species in the North Atlantic Ocean is still poorly known. In this work we report the sighting of an adult individual during the summer of 2020 in the South coast of Portugal. The whale was observed 6.4 nautical miles from the shore at a depth of 50.6 metres. Initially this individual was associated with a group of bottlenose dolphins. This is the first record of this species for mainland Portugal.

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First record of the deep-water whalefish Cetichthys indagator (Actinopterygii: Cetomimidae) in the North Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Fish Biology ◽

10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03378.x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 81 (3) ◽

pp. 1133-1137 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

R. P. Vieira ◽

B. Christiansen ◽

S. Christiansen ◽

J. M. S. Gonçalves

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Ocean ◽

North Atlantic ◽

Deep Water ◽

North Atlantic Ocean ◽

First Record ◽

The North ◽

The North Atlantic

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A new record of Desmarestia dudresnayi J.V. Lamouroux ex Léman (Desmarestiaceae, Heterokontophyta) represents a new southernmost limit of its distribution in the North Atlantic Ocean

Anales de Biología ◽

10.6018/analesbio.36.10 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

María Altamirano ◽

Elena Bañares ◽

Marianela Zanolla

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Ocean ◽

North Atlantic ◽

New Record ◽

North Atlantic Ocean ◽

The North ◽

The North Atlantic

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First record of the rare deep-sea polychaete Rhamphobrachium (Rhamphobrachium) agassizii (Annelida: Onuphidae) in European waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315420000673 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 100 (5) ◽

pp. 719-724

Author(s):

Andrés Arias ◽

Hannelore Paxton

Keyword(s):

North Atlantic ◽

Deep Sea ◽

North Atlantic Ocean ◽

First Record ◽

Polychaete Species ◽

Azores Archipelago ◽

The North ◽

Deep Water Species ◽

The North Atlantic ◽

Water Species

AbstractRhamphobrachium (Rhamphobrachium) agassizii is reported from the Cantabrian Sea, Spain, from depths of 925–1207 m. This is its first record off the Iberian Peninsula and in European waters, representing its northernmost distribution in the North Atlantic Ocean to date. Previous reports of R. (R.) agassizii from the eastern and western North Atlantic demonstrate its apparent amphi-Atlantic distribution, which appears consistent with the distribution of the main Atlantic currents. It is a typical deep-water species with its deepest record at 2165 m from the Azores archipelago. The specimens were collected singly at two stations, attesting to the rarity of the species in contrast to its congener R. (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum which was the most dominant polychaete species in a previous study.

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