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Octocoral Chemical Signaling Selects and Controls Dinoflagellate Symbionts
The Biological Bulletin, 2004Symbioses between zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium spp.) and marine invertebrates, including corals, are common in shallow marine environments. The zooxanthellae contribute to host nutrition by translocating photosynthetic products and enabling them to effloresce in oligotrophic conditions. Coral mainly acquire Symbiodinium spp.
Kazuhiko, Koike +7 more
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The Octocoral Fauna of the Gulf
2012Approximately 3,000 species of Octocorallia are distributed worldwide (Williams and Cairns 2005; Daly et al. 2007). New species, even genera and families, continue to be described especially from the deep-sea environment and the Indo-Pacific. A total number of 46 octocoral families (van Ofwegen and McFadden 2010) are described of which 29 (excluding ...
Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Leen van Ofwegen
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Molecular biology of octocoral mitochondria
2015The mitochondria of non-bilaterian metazoans display a staggering diversity of genome organizations and also a slow rate of mtDNA evolution, unlike bilaterians, which may hold a key to understand the early evolution of the animal mitochondrion. Octocorals are unique members of Phylum Cnidaria, harboring several atypical mitochondrial genomic features ...
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Octocoral bleaching during unusual thermal stress
Coral Reefs, 2009We describe a bleaching event in octocoral communities at four reefs in southwest Puerto Rico during October 2005 following a period of elevated sea surface temperatures. Percentages of colonies bleached varied among taxa, ranging from 0% for Pseudopterogorgia, Eunicea and Gorgonia to over 90% for Muricea.
C. Prada, E. Weil, P. M. Yoshioka
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Bacterial Communities of the Gorgonian Octocoral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae
Microbial Ecology, 2013Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae is a common inhabitant of Caribbean reefs and is a well-known source of diterpenes with diverse biological activities. Notably, this octocoral is the sole source of the pseudopterosin family of anti-inflammatory diterpenes and is harvested to supply commercial demand for these metabolites.
Hebelin, Correa +3 more
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Octocorals as indicators of anthropogenic nutrients
2023Coastal ecosystems are influenced by anthropogenic nutrients. Increased nutrient loading has not been directly linked to the source of the nutrients because of the inadequacies of current nutrient sampling methods. I propose to use N stable isotope analysis of octocorals as proxies of environmental N availability.
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Bioactive Marine Prostanoids from Octocoral Clavularia viridis
Chemistry & Biodiversity, 2008AbstractChemical investigation of the nonpolar extract of soft coral Clavularia viridis resulted in isolation of five new prostanoids, designated as claviridic acids A–E (1–5, resp.), in addition to the known clavulones I–III. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic techniques, especially HR‐ESI‐MS, CD, and 2D‐NMR experiments ...
Yun-Sheng, Lin +6 more
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Phylogenetic ecology of octocoral - gastropod associations
2016Octocorallia (primarily soft corals and gorgonians) occur in cold-water environments as well as in tropical seas and can form a major component of reef communities. Because of their abundance and three-dimensional structure octocorals are an important habitat for symbiotic species such as crustaceans, worms, fishes and molluscs.
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