Leiopathes glaberrimamillennial forest from SW Sardinia as nursery ground for the small spotted catsharkScyliorhinus canicula

Association between habitat structuring organisms and other species has great relevance for ecosystem‐based conservation measures. Those occurring in temperate areas, particularly in the upper portion of the continental margin, are mostly unknown or not properly understood because of the difficulty to discriminate co‐occurrence and real functional linkages among species. Deep water coral assemblages over the Carloforte Shoal (south‐west...