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Assessing population changes of historically overexploited black corals (Order: Antipatharia) in Cozumel, Mexico [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Black corals (Antipatharians) are crucial structural and ecological components of many mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs; reefs 30–150 m depth). In Mexico, black corals are harvested for the jewellery industry, which has historically led to population ...
Erika Gress, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown
doaj   +2 more sources

On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea

Biological Reviews, Volume 98, Issue 5, Page 1768-1795, October 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT The deep sea is amongst the most food‐limited habitats on Earth, as only a small fraction (<4%) of the surface primary production is exported below 200 m water depth. Here, cold‐water coral (CWC) reefs form oases of life: their biodiversity compares with tropical coral reefs, their biomass and metabolic activity exceed other deep‐sea ...
Sandra R. Maier, Sandra Brooke, Laurence H. De Clippele, Evert de Froe, Anna‐Selma van der Kaaden, Tina Kutti, Furu Mienis, Dick van Oevelen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skimming genomes for systematics and DNA barcodes of corals. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Bioinformatically pulling UCEs, exons, mitochondrial genomes, and nuclear rRNA genes from genome skimming is a viable and low‐cost option for phylogenetic studies. The mean number of UCE and exon loci extracted from the genome skimming data was 1837 ± 662 SD for octocorals and 1379 ± 476 loci for hexacorals; phylogenetic relationships were well ...
Quattrini AM, McCartin LJ, Easton EE, Horowitz J, Wirshing HH, Bowers H, Mitchell K, González-García MDP, Sei M, McFadden CS, Herrera S.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Testing Side-Scan Sonar and Multibeam Echosounder to Study Black Coral Gardens: A Case Study from Macaronesia

Remote Sensing, 2020
Black corals (order Antipatharia) are important components of mesophotic and deep-water marine communities, but due to their inaccessibility, there is limited knowledge about the basic aspects of their distribution and ecology.
Karolina Czechowska, Peter Feldens, Fernando Tuya, Marcial Cosme de Esteban, Fernando Espino, Ricardo Haroun, Mischa Schönke, Francisco Otero-Ferrer   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Phylum Cnidaria: A Review of Phylogenetic Patterns and Diversity 300 Years After Linnaeus [PDF]

, 2007
Systema Naturae includes representatives of every major lineage of the animal phylum Cnidaria. However, Linnaeus did not classify the members of the phylum as is now done, and the diversity of the group is not well represented.
Brugler, Mercer R., Cartwright, Paulyn, Collins, Allen G., Daly, Marymegan, Dawson, Michael N., Fautin, Daphne G., France, Scott C., McFadden, Catherine S, Opresko, Dennis M., Rodriguez, Estefania, Romano, Sandra L., Stake, Joel L.   +11 more
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Ameripathidae, a new family of antipatharian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia) [PDF]

ZooKeys
A new family of antipatharian corals, Ameripathidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia), is established for Ameripathes pseudomyriophylla Opresko &amp; Horowitz, gen. et sp. nov. The new family resembles Myriopathidae and Stylopathidae in terms of the
Jeremy Horowitz, Dennis M. Opresko, Santiago Herrera, Colleen M. Hansel, Andrea M. Quattrini   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Proteomic Profiling of Black Coral (Antipatharia) Skeleton Reveals Hundreds of Skeleton-Associated Proteins Across Two Taxa

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Black corals, ecologically important cnidarians found from shallow to deep ocean depths, form a strong yet flexible skeleton of sclerotized chitin and other biomolecules including proteins.
Jeana L. Drake, Tali Mass, Tali Mass
doaj   +1 more source

Exceptional endemicity of Aotearoa New Zealand biota shows how taxa dispersal traits, but not phylogeny, correlate with global species richness. [PDF]

J R Soc N Z
ABSTRACT Species’ with more limited dispersal and consequently less gene flow are more likely to form new spatially segregated species and thus contribute disproportionally to endemic biota and global species richness. Aotearoa New Zealand has exceptional endemicity, with 52% of its 54,000 named species endemic, including 32%, 39% and 68% for ...
Costello MJ.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Association between deep-water scale-worms (Annelida: Polynoidae) and black corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) in the Southwestern Atlantic [PDF]

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2019
Polynoid scale-worms have been found living as commensals with deep-water antipatharians (commonly known as black corals) in the Potiguar Basin, off Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeastern Brazil.
José Eriberto De Assis, José Roberto B. de Souza, Manuela M. de Lima, Gislaine V. de Lima, Ralf T.S. Cordeiro, Carlos D. Pérez   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Two new species of Dendrobrachia Brook, 1889 (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Dendrobrachiidae) from the north-eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean [PDF]

, 2010
Examination of recent benthic material collected during several cruises in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic) and the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean) has allowed the taxonomic reassessment of some previously identified specimens belonging to the ...
Marina R. Cunha, Opresko, Pablo J. López-González, Thomson, Zibrowius   +4 more
core   +3 more sources