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Morphology and phylogeny of two new species of deep-sea mushroom soft corals (Octocorallia, Corallidae, Anthomastinae) from the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge [PDF]

Zoosystematics and Evolution
Members of the subfamily Anthomastinae Verrill, 1922, commonly known as mushroom soft corals, are characterized by their capitate or mushroom-shaped red colonies and large autozooids. Deep-sea mushroom corals of this subfamily remain poorly documented in
Xinlong Li, Ningxia Xu, Meiling Ge, Xuying Hu, Mengna Li, Zongling Wang, Xuelei Zhang, Qinzeng Xu   +7 more
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New Records of the Cryptogenic Soft Coral Genus Stragulum (Tubiporidae) from the Eastern Caribbean and the Persian Gulf

Diversity, 2022
The monotypic soft coral genus Stragulum van Ofwegen and Haddad, 2011 (Octocorallia: Malacalcyonacea: Tubiporidae) was originally described from Brazil, southwest Atlantic Ocean.
Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Leen P. van Ofwegen, Bert W. Hoeksema, Lucy C. Woodall, Melanie Meijer zu Schlochtern, Catherine S. McFadden   +5 more
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Comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of relationships in <i>Octocorallia (Cnidaria</i>: <i>Anthozoa</i>) from the Atlantic ocean using <i>mtMutS</i> and <i>nad2</i> genes tree reconstructions

, 2012
Abstract. Despite being an abundant group of significant ecological importance the phylogenetic relationships of the Octocorallia remain poorly understood and very much understudied. We used 1132 bp of two mitochondrial protein-coding genes, nad2 and mtMutS (previously referred to as msh1), to construct a phylogeny for 161 octocoral specimens from the ...
K. J. Morris, S. Herrera, C. Gubili, P. A. Tyler, A. Rogers, C. Hauton   +5 more
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A new species of Ovabunda (Octocorallia, Xeniidae) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand with notes on the biogeography of this genus

ZooKeys, 2014
A survey of xeniid octocorals was carried out in the waters off Southwestern Thailand in September, 2007. Microscopic investigation of the colonies revealed that three specimens belonged to the genus Ovabunda. Gross morphological examination is presented
Michael Janes, Catherine McFadden, Thanongsak Chanmethakul   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Biodiversity of Calcaxonian Octocorals from the Irish Continental Slope Inferred from Multilocus Mitochondrial Barcoding

Diversity, 2022
Deep-sea corals are important benthic inhabitants that support the biodiversity and function of the wider faunal community; however, their taxonomy is underdeveloped and their accurate identification is often difficult.
Declan Morrissey, Candice B. Untiedt, Karen Croke, Aisling Robinson, Eva Turley, A. Louise Allcock   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complete mitochondrial genome of Callogorgia cf. gracilis (Octocorallia: Calcaxonia: Primnoidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
We report the first complete mitochondrial genome of Callogorgia. Callogorgia cf. gracilis isolate DFH32_518B was collected by a remotely operated vehicle at 98 m on McGrail Bank (27.9840725°N, 92.604242°W). The complete mitogenome is 18,937 bp (27.8% A,
Erin E. Easton, David Hicks
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Foxed intra- and interspecific differentiation in Leptogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). A description of a new species based on multiple sources of evidence

Scientia Marina, 2017
The challenges of delimiting and identifying marine invertebrate species impede estimations of true biodiversity. This is particularly true in the case of gorgonian diversity, in which only classical morphological characters (e.g. branching pattern, size
M. Mar Soler-Hurtado, César Megina, Annie Machordom, Pablo J. López-González   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphological and Phylogenomic Insights Into Hidden Diversity in Coralliidae With Description of a New Species Paraminabea xishaensis sp. nov. From the South China Sea

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The family Coralliidae (Octocorallia) includes ecologically and economically important octocorals that build rigid, three‐dimensional skeletal frameworks from shallow reefs to the deep sea. Despite extensive morphological study, species boundaries remain difficult to delimit because of morphological convergence, phenotypic plasticity, and the limited ...
Biying Luan, Fei Xia, Kenji Takata, Taisei Kikuchi, Nina Yasuda, Yonghong Liu, Xinming Liu, Qi-Lin Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resurrection of the sea pen genus Ptilella Gray, 1870 and description of Ptilella grayi n. sp. from the NE Atlantic (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea)

Scientia Marina, 2019
The order Pennatulacea covers a group of specialized and morphologically distinct octocorals found in all oceans from intertidal areas to more than 6000 m in depth.
Francisco J. García-Cárdenas, Jim Drewery, Pablo J. López-González   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A dramatic northward range expansion of a Red Sea soft coral in the Mediterranean Sea

Ecosphere, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract Historically isolated from tropical influences, the Mediterranean Sea underwent drastic changes, including the Lessepsian migration facilitated by the opening of the Suez Canal, connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. Here, we report on the discovery of a thriving and lush population of an Indo‐Pacific soft coral in the transforming ...
Tom Shlesinger, Elad Mills, Catherine S. McFadden, Yehuda Benayahu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source