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Mitochondrial genome comparison reveals the evolution of cnidarians. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
First of all, we used mt‐genomes as many as possible published before to analyze the evolutionary relationship. Secondly, more recent studies based on mitochondrial whole‐genome sequences have suggested that Anthozoa are polyphyletic, with the subclasses Octocorallia being a sister group with Medusozoa.
Feng H, Lv S, Li R, Shi J, Wang J, Cao P.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Global Cold-Water Coral Biodiversity Redistribution Under Projected Climate Change. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Cold‐water corals are key habitat providers in the world's oceans, yet their global distribution, diversity patterns, and vulnerability to climate change remain poorly understood. Our study mapped the global distribution of 741 cold‐water coral species and showed that while the overall coral biome may persist in the future, many species will shift ...
Fragkopoulou E, Gouvêa LP, Balogh V, Serrão EA, Assis J.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Islands in the mud: The South Texas banks provide crucial mesophotic habitat for coral communities

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
On the continental shelf off the coast of South Texas lie a series of natural hard-bottom structures (rocky outcrops and relic coral-algal reefs) known as the South Texas Banks (STB), which provide critical habitat for benthic organisms and pelagic fish.
Maria Bollinger, Keir J. Macartney, Erin E. Easton, David W. Hicks   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Black Coral Distribution in the Italian Seas: A Review

Diversity, 2021
Antipatharian corals are important structural and complex members of benthic communities inhabiting the Italian seafloor. In this study, the distribution of black corals in Italy is reported and mapped for the first time.
Michela Ingrassia, Letizia Di Bella
doaj   +1 more source

Mitochondrial and nuclear genes suggest that stony corals are monophyletic but most families of stony corals are not (Order Scleractinia, Class Anthozoa, Phylum Cnidaria) [PDF]

, 2008
Modern hard corals (Class Hexacorallia; Order Scleractinia) are widely studied because of their fundamental role in reef building and their superb fossil record extending back to the Triassic.
AF Budd, Allen Collins, AM Kerr, Ann F. Budd, BL Willis, CA Chen, CA Chen, Carden Wallace, Chang-Feng Dai, Chaolun Allen Chen, Charles Sheppard, Chienhsun Chen, CT Beagley, D Posada, DJ Zwickl, DL Swofford, DR Bellwood, F Benzoni, GM Mace, H Fukami, H Kishino, H Shimodaira, H Shimodaira, H Shimodaira, Hironobu Fukami, J Alloiteau, JC den Hartog, JEN Veron, JP Cuif, KE Carpenter, Kenji Iwao, M Daly, M Medina, MC Le Goff-Vitry, MR Brugler, MW Chace, N Boury-Esnault, Nancy Knowlton, Niyaz Ahmed, P Goloboff, R Ronquist, SL Romano, SL Romano, SL Romano, TL Shearer, TR Buckley, TW Vaughan, WV Wei, Yao-Yang Chuang   +48 more
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Novel Interaction between a Rabbitfish and Black Corals

Oceans, 2023
Herbivorous fishes play important functional roles in coral reef ecosystems, and their influence on mediating competitive dynamics between corals and macroalgae is well studied.
Erika Gress, Tom C. Bridge, Justin Fyfe, Gemma Galbraith   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

One of the Deepest Genera of Antipatharia: Taxonomic Position Revealed and Revised

Diversity, 2023
The genus Abyssopathes Opresko, 2002, comprises deep-sea black corals known almost exclusively from lower bathyal and abyssal depths, mainly from seamounts covered by cobalt-rich crusts and areas of polymetallic nodules.
Tina N. Molodtsova, Dennis M. Opresko, Michael O’Mahoney, Ulyana V. Simakova, Galina A. Kolyuchkina, Yessenia M. Bledsoe, Teresa W. Nasiadka, Rachael F. Ross, Mercer R. Brugler   +8 more
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ROV's Video Recordings as a Tool to Estimate Variation in Megabenthic Epifauna Diversity and Community Composition in the Guaymas Basin [PDF]

, 2020
Patterns in benthic megafauna diversity in littoral and intertidal zones in the Gulf of California have been associated with both habitat heterogeneity and substrate type.
Barry, James P., Escobar Briones, Elva, González Gordillo, Juan Ignacio, López Garrido, Pedro H.   +3 more
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Climate Change Drives Bathymetric Shifts in Taxonomic and Trait Diversity of Deep-Sea Benthic Communities. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
This study uses modeling techniques to predict the characteristics of deep‐water coral communities under climate scenarios. It reveals that climate change will drive shifts of many deep‐water corals to deeper waters, leading to major changes in biodiversity and ecosystem functions of deep‐water coral communities.
Rakka M, Metaxas A, Nizinski M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Light and temperature drive the distribution of mesophotic benthic communities in the Central Indian Ocean

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 29, Issue 12, Page 1578-1593, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Aim Research on mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) has increased exponentially in recent decades, and the significance of this ecosystem has been recognised both in terms of biodiversity and distribution. However, this research has mostly focussed on corals and is globally sporadic, with the Indian Ocean remaining largely unexplored and ...
Clara Diaz, Kerry L. Howell, Edward Robinson, Philip Hosegood, Adam Bolton, Peter Ganderton, Peter Arber, Martin J. Attrill, Nicola L. Foster   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source