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Systematics and biogeography of Chrysogorgiidae from the Indian Ocean: discovery of new species on deep-sea ridges [PDF]

Zoosystematics and Evolution
Species of the family Chrysogorgiidae are distributed worldwide in deep-sea environments. However, most recorded species of this family were from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with only a few reports from the Indian Ocean, particularly from ridge ...
Meiling Ge, Ningxia Xu, Xuying Hu, Xin Tian, Xinlong Li, Yu Xu, Zongling Wang, Xuelei Zhang, Qingzeng Xu   +8 more
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Morphology and Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Deep-Sea Purple Gorgonians (Octocorallia: Victorgorgiidae) from Seamounts in the Tropical Western Pacific, with Description of Three New Species

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Members of Scleraxonia Studer, 1887 are one of the most dominant megafaunal taxa on seamounts, but their diversity and spatial distribution are poorly known in the tropical Western Pacific.
Yang Li, Yang Li, Yang Li, Zifeng Zhan, Zifeng Zhan, Zifeng Zhan, Kuidong Xu, Kuidong Xu, Kuidong Xu, Kuidong Xu   +9 more
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A coral among stars: A new octocoral family (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from seamounts in the tropical eastern Pacific [PDF]

ZooKeys
Existing studies highlight the remarkable diversity of life forms inhabiting deep-sea environments, despite the extreme conditions that characterize them.
Odalisca Breedy, Catherine S. McFadden, Catalina Murillo-Cruz, Ana-Belén Yánez-Suárez, Katleen Robert, Andrea M. Quattrini   +5 more
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The deepest record of the octocoral Acanthogorgia from the Red Sea

Frontiers in Marine Science
Octocorals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) have a global distribution and form benthic assemblages along the depth gradient, from shallow to deep waters. They often occur below SCUBA diving limits, where they can become dominant habitat builders and aggregate ...
Laura Macrina, Laura Macrina, Megan K. B. Nolan, Megan K. B. Nolan, Tullia I. Terraneo, Nicolas Oury, Nicolas Oury, Nico Augustin, Froukje M. van der Zwan, Froukje M. van der Zwan, Francesca Benzoni, Francesca Benzoni   +11 more
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DNA mini barcodes vs full-length barcodes of octocoral museum specimens: a case study of the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Zoological Collection [PDF]

Natural History Collections and Museomics
Octocorals are noted for their high diversity, with the identification of species and sometimes even genera often difficult based solely on morphological characteristics.
Agus Alim Hakim, Ifenna Ilechukwu, Chloé Julie Loïs Fourreau, Masanori Nonaka, Fabian Gösser, Tadashi Kajita, James Davis Reimer   +6 more
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Hidden in the crowd: re-evaluation of the generic status of the Antarctic sea pen Kophobelemnon molanderi (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Pennatuloidea), a molecular and morphological approach

Scientia Marina
Our understanding of Antarctic octocoral diversity is still far from complete. Newly collected specimens of the Antarctic sea pen Kophobelemnon molanderi Pasternak, 1975 have allowed a detailed morphological and molecular description of the species. The
Pablo J. López González, Yuka Kushida
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A phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Calcaxonia) with analyses of character evolution and a key to the genera and subgenera

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018
Background Previous phylogenetic analyses of primnoid octocorals utilizing morphological or molecular data have each recovered evolutionary relationships among genera that are largely incongruent with each other, with some exceptions.
Stephen D. Cairns, Herman H. Wirshing
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An enigmatic new octocoral species (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from Isla del Coco National Park. [PDF]

Zookeys, 2023
Breedy O, McFadden CS, Cortés J.
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Xeniakonohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan. [PDF]

Zookeys, 2022
Koido T, Imahara Y, Fukami H.
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Neospongodes atlantica, a potential case of an early biological introduction in the Southwestern Atlantic. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
Cordeiro RTS, Carpinelli ÁN, Francini-Filho RB, Neves BM, Pérez CD, de Oliveira U, Sumida P, Maranhão H, Monteiro LHU, Carneiro P, Kitahara MV.   +10 more
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