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University, their interest, sending the material from the Azores, within the p .
rOJects
(EU LIFE- Nature B4-3200/98-509) and Marov (PDCTM/P/MARl15249/1999) .
tially funded the mission that allowed the collection of the species in the A~oreWhlch
thank to Ricardo Araújo, Director of the Museu Municipal do Funchal who sent S : We
material for our paper and provided us with collection numbers and other rele~rn
Special gratitude is due to Dr. Rogelio Herrera who pro vides us with some ima ant
logical interest. Our colleagues Gustavo Lorenzo, Fernando Espino and Dr. Peterg~.of
sent us some interesting images of biological value. To our administrative person Ilrtz
(Ceuta) who meet all my requirements and especially to Enrique Gómez Barceló. ~rOf
Núñez identified species of polychaeta associated with the antipatharians. Part of the'J
rial studied in this paper was collected during Bentos Project (1980-1985) and Farro
Expedition (1990). Some funding in order to study part of the Mediterranean material
provided by Fauna Ibérica Project (subproject of Anthozoa) from Museo Nacional
Ciencias Naturales of Madrid (MCNM). Histological sections of the Mediterranean ma
al were partly prepared by Mr. T.J.G.M. van Oyen from the RMNH. Dr. Hoecksema and
M. Slierings, both from the RMNH of Leiden and Miguel ViIlena from MCNM who sent
collection number and accepted our type material. The authors thank to Gustavo Dioni
interest in collecting samples from the fishermen of Gerardia macaronesica. We are
grateful to Dr. Juan José Bacallado, head of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tene
for inviting and encouraging us to publish this paper in a Canarian Journal. Many than
Dr. Zibrowius who puts us in alert of the genus Gerardia and provided us with sugge ti
in behalf of our paper.
This paper is part of a current research on zoanthids, headed by the Canary 1 I
Government (Viceconsejería de Medioambiente).
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