A new species of Bathypathes (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Antipatharia, Schizopathidae) from the Red Sea and its phylogenetic position [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 A black coral, Bathypathes thermophila Chimienti, sp. nov. is described from the Saudi Arabian coasts of the Gulf of Aqaba and north Red Sea (Neom area) using an integrated taxonomic approach.
Giovanni Chimienti +7 more
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Description of a new species of black coral in the family Aphanipathidae (Anthozoa, Antipatharia) from Puerto Rico [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2023 Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) are an anthozoan lineage in the class Hexacorallia that occur across a wide range of habitats from the tropics to the poles and from surface waters to depths deeper than 8000 m.
Jeremy Horowitz +3 more
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Selection in coral mitogenomes, with insights into adaptations in the deep sea [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Corals are a dominant benthic fauna that occur across a vast range of depths from just below the ocean’s surface to the abyssopelagic zone. However, little is known about the evolutionary mechanisms that enable them to inhabit such a wide range of ...
Nina I. Ramos +4 more
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Electrochemical Approach for Isolation of Chitin from the Skeleton of the Black Coral Cirrhipathes sp. (Antipatharia) [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2020 The development of novel and effective methods for the isolation of chitin, which remains one of the fundamental aminopolysaccharides within skeletal structures of diverse marine invertebrates, is still relevant. In contrast to numerous studies on chitin
Krzysztof Nowacki +11 more
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Unveiling the early evolution of black corals [PDF]
Communications BiologyBlack corals, primarily deep-sea cnidarians (Anthozoa: Antipatharia), are inferred to have originated either in the Ediacaran or Cambrian based on molecular clock estimates.
Wenjing Hao +10 more
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Oceanographic Drivers of Deep-Sea Coral Species Distribution and Community Assembly on Seamounts, Islands, Atolls, and Reefs Within the Phoenix Islands Protected Area [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 The Phoenix Islands Protected Area, in the central Pacific waters of the Republic of Kiribati, is a model for large marine protected area (MPA) development and maintenance, but baseline records of the protected biodiversity in its largest environment ...
Steven R. Auscavitch +5 more
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A dataset of cold-water coral distribution records [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2023 Species distribution data are key for monitoring present and future biodiversity patterns and informing conservation and management strategies. Large biodiversity information facilities often contain spatial and taxonomic errors that reduce the quality ...
Viktória Balogh +3 more
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A Newly Discovered Forest of the Whip Coral Viminella flagellum (Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) in the Mediterranean Sea: A Non-Invasive Method to Assess Its Population Structure [PDF]
Biology, 2021 Coral forests are vulnerable marine ecosystems formed by arborescent corals (e.g., Anthozoa of the orders Alcyonacea and Antipatharia). The population structure of the habitat-forming corals can inform on the status of the habitat, representing an ...
Giovanni Chimienti +3 more
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Hawaiian black coral (Antipatharia) complete mitochondrial genomes have limited phylogenetic signal for taxonomic resolution of species [PDF]
PeerJMost inferences about black coral (Antipatharia) phylogenetics have relied on a handful of molecular markers from PCR-Sanger methods but recently complete mitogenomes are shedding additional light on relationships.
Van Wishingrad +5 more
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Description of a new species of Stauropathes (Anthozoa, Antipatharia, Schizopathidae) from Puerto Rico [PDF]
ZooKeysA new species of black coral, Stauropathes monopinnata sp. nov., represented by two specimens collected 738 m and 1604 m deep off Puerto Rico and Hawaii, respectively, is recognized in the family Schizopathidae.
Jeremy Horowitz +4 more
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