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n First record of the buoy Dosima fascicularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (Crustacea, Cirripedia) from the Galician istributio D

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EU-US Marine Biodiversity [email protected] Group, Franklin Institute and Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, AP 20. Campus Universitario, Universidad de Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

otes * Corresponding author. E-mail: N Abstract: Dosima fascicularis

The presence of the buoy barnacle is first documented for Spanish waters. More than the half of the specimens collected was attached to tar pellets from the Prestige oil spill.

DOI: 10.15560/10.3.669

Dosima fascicularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) is a

presumablycollected along from the the 1470 Prestige m of oil the spill; beach other longitude. attachment The stalked barnacle which capitulum bears five large plates. surfacesfloats of 53.8%were Velellaof the specimens were Sargassumattached to bladderstar balls, It is the unique barnacle that constructs its own float, a attachmentfoamy mass surfaces described (Darwin as similar 1851; to Minchin polystyrene, 1996; usingRyan tests (15.3%), floating items as feathers, tar balls and plastic particles as (7.6%) and feathers (2.5%). 20.8% of buoy lacked an obvious attachment object (Figure 2). theand BritishBranch Islands2012). The and species Baltic Seais widespread (Darwin 1851) in temperate but its sizeThe recorded average for the capitulum species lengthwas 37 ofmm the in European collected presenceand subtropical in European ocean waters,coast is reaching unusual in(O’ the Riodan NE Atlantic 1967; specimens was 17.7 mm (range 13–22 mm). The maximum Cotton et al watersDosima (Minchin fascicularis 1996) and 49 mm in South Africa (Ryan . 2006). and Branch 2012). A long term study on the macroinfauna community was stranding on the Galician beaches thecarried Prestige out on oil sandy spill beachesfrom autumn situated 2002 along to thewinter 1659 2003 km is very rare; it has only been observed in just one occasion (Deof the la GalicianHuz et al coast (NW Spain;et al NE Atlantic Ocean) after of the 160 shore visits, being an unknown species for local sailors. There was no noticeable pattern for cirripede . 2005; Junoy . 2005). Eighteen sandy 1996;stranding, Cotton although et al. they appeared in Europe in summer, beaches were sampled yearly during four consecutive usually after westerly or southD. fascicularis strong winds from (Minchin Spanish years (2004–2007) (Figure 1). Three of them (Corrubedo, 2006). etFrouxeira al. and Altar beaches) were also sampled monthly This is the first record of from September 2005 to August 2007 (Bernardo-Madrid waters providing further evidence of the use of tar balls 2013), totalizing 138 shore visits. Additional surveys as attachment surface for this cirripede. Minchin (1996) were realized along the drift line of the La Lanzada Beach, also found that tar was the most frequent object of with occasion of twoLepas coastal anatifera field courses, at spring tides attachment. This fact suggests that the abundance ofet from 2003 to 2013. At these visits, severalD. fascicularis. colonies of althe species could be increased after the spills, providing the Linnaeus, 1758 were numerous floating surfaces for attachment. Whitehead observed but no one of the buoy barnacle ° . (2011) also conclude that the increasing abundance Buoy barnacles were observed washed ashore on 18 of plastic (or other available substrata) is drastically August 2004 at Louro Beach (A Coruña province, 42 43′ increasing the opportunities for the goose barnacles to N, 9°03′ W). A total of 39 single individuals, but no one colonize and it greatly influences their abundance and colony (two or more specimens attached together) were distribution.

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Figure 1. D. fascicularis was collected is

Map of beaches sampled after the Prestige oil spill in Galicia, NW Spain, NE Atlantic. Louro Beach where highlighted.

Figure 2. Dosima fascicularis the condrophore Velella (Ellis & Solander 1786) A) specimens with tar balls (T) or cast (V) at their floats. B) largest specimen attached to .

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