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Molecular and Morphological Species Boundaries in the Gorgonian Octocoral Genus Pterogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Most gorgonian octocoral species are described using diagnostic characteristics of their sclerites (microscopic skeletal components). Species in the genus Pterogorgia, however, are separated primarily by differences in their calyx and branch morphology ...
Herman H Wirshing, Andrew C Baker
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Scientia Marina, 2016 New records of the genera Leptogorgia, Pacifigorgia and Eugorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) on the coast of Ecuador are reported. These new records redefine the current known limit of distribution of these species on the eastern Pacific coast (from ...
Pablo José López Gonzalez +2 more
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Two new species of gorgonian octocorals from the Tropical Eastern Pacific Biogeographic Region (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Gorgoniidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2013 The gorgoniid Eugorgia is exclusively an eastern Pacific genus. It has a wide geographic and bathymetric range of distribution, found from California to Perú and extends down to 65 m deep. Two new species are herein described.
Odalisca Breedy +2 more
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Scientia Marina, 2012 Gorgonians are important organisms in the Mediterranean Sea, where they form rocky benthic communities. Four main species (3 Holaxonia and 1 Scleraxonia) are predominant in infra- and circalittoral communities of the northwestern Mediterranean basin ...
Stéphane Sartoretto, Patrice Francour
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The European Zoological Journal, 2018 An exceptional assemblage of the sea fan Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Anthozoa: Gorgoniidae) was observed inside the Genoa harbour, which represents one of the major Mediterranean ports.
Marzia Bo
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Oceans, 2022 The Equatorial Front, in the southern part of the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) region, has been characterized as a hotspot of functional biodiversity due to the mixing of warm and cold waters. Nevertheless, the biogeographic patterns for some organisms,
Rubén Abad +4 more
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Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2021 Introduction: The Gulf of Nicoya is the most important estuary on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Information on the presence of soft corals is scattered in the literature and in museum collections.
José A. Vargas, Odalisca Breedy
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Deep-sea Coral Taxonomy Workshop, Colombia 2019 [PDF]
Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2020 Corals are some of the conspicuous taxa in deep-sea ecosystems. Yet, characterizing coral diversity is difficult and requires a combination of both morphological and genetic data.
Luisa Dueñas +3 more
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Mesophotic Gorgonian Corals Evolved Multiple Times and Faster Than Deep and Shallow Lineages
Diversity, 2021 Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) develop on a unique environment, where abrupt environmental changes take place. Using a time-calibrated molecular phylogeny (mtDNA: mtMutS), we examined the lineage membership of mesophotic gorgonian corals ...
Juan A. Sánchez +3 more
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 596-613, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Coral reefs are the most biodiverse marine ecosystems, and host a wide range of taxonomic diversity in a complex spatial community structure. Existing coral reef survey methods struggle to accurately capture the taxonomic detail within the complex spatial structure of benthic communities.
Daniel Schürholz, Arjun Chennu
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