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Corallimorpharians are not “naked corals”: insights into relationships between Scleractinia and Corallimorpharia from phylogenomic analyses [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2016
Calcification is one of the most distinctive traits of scleractinian corals. Their hard skeletons form the substratum of reef ecosystems and confer on corals their remarkable diversity of shapes.
Mei Fang Lin   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) [PDF]

open access: yesZoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2003
The composition of and relationships among higher-level groups within the anthozoan subclass Hexacorallia ( = Zoantharia) has been controversial because independent analyses of anatomy, life history, ultrastructure, and molecular sequences have failed to provide a consistent framework for drawing taxonomic boundaries or under- standing phylogenetic ...
Daly, Marymegan   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Checklist of cnidarians from Pakistani waters [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2015
We present a species list of the marine cnidarians recorded from the Pakistani waters,  north­ern Arabian Sea. It comprises a total of  119 species distributed in  41 families, 14 orders and 4 classes.
Shahnawaz Gul   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The first Arctic conspicuously coloured Pleusymtes (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pleustidae) associated with sea anemones in the Barents Sea

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2022
The article presents a potentially obligate association of a pleustid amphipod of the genus Pleusymtes (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pleustidae) with the large sea anemone Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858) (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Actiniidae) from shallow waters of ...
Ivan N. Marin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing conservation breeding programs for marine invertebrates

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the face of ecosystem change and biodiversity loss caused by climate change and other stressors, conservation breeding, or captive breeding, with the aim of reintroduction for wild population recovery, is an emerging tool for preventing species’ extinction and rehabilitating ecosystems.
Elora H. López‐Nandam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

open access: yesBiological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 4, Page 1735-1759, August 2026.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insights into the Toxicological Properties of a Low Molecular Weight Fraction from Zoanthus sociatus (Cnidaria)

open access: yesMarine Drugs, 2013
The phylum Cnidaria is an ancient group of venomous animals, specialized in the production and delivery of toxins. Many species belonging to the class Anthozoa have been studied and their venoms often contain a group of peptides, less than 10 kDa, that ...
Agostinho Antunes   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional Analysis of Ligand‐Gated Chloride Channels in a Cnidarian Sheds Light on the Evolution of Inhibitory Signaling

open access: yesAdvanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 41, 22 July 2026.
We uncover a large variety of putative inhibitory ligand‐gated ion channels (LGICs) in the phylum Cnidaria, the sister group to all bilaterian animals. Phylogenetic analysis suggests a complex evolutionary history of inhibitory LGICs with diverse neurotransmitter ligands.
Abhilasha Ojha   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sampling effort to characterize estuarine macroinfaunal communities in patchy habitats

open access: yesLimnology and Oceanography: Methods, Volume 24, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Estuarine benthic macroinfauna have aggregated, patchy distributions, making accurate community measurements dependent upon sampling scales. The purpose of this study is to determine the appropriate core sizes and sampling effort needed to characterize benthic infaunal communities in Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, USA.
Paul A. Montagna
wiley   +1 more source

Corallimorpharians (Anthozoa: Corallimorpharia) from the Argentinean Sea [PDF]

open access: yesZootaxa, 2019
Corallimorpharians are a relative small group of anthozoan cnidarians, also known as jewel sea anemones. They resemble actiniarian sea anemones in lacking a skeleton and being solitary, but resemble scleractinian corals in external and internal morphology, and they are considered to be the sister group of the stony corals.
Lauretta, Daniel Marcelo   +1 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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