Selective shaping of prokaryotic communities and core symbiont maintenance suggest large-scale aquarium facilities as reservoirs of microbiome diversity in octocorals. [PDF]
Front MicrobiolMarques M +7 more
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Xenia konohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 A new soft coral species, Xenia konohana sp. nov. (Alcyonacea, Xeniidae), is described from Miyazaki in the warm-temperate region of Japan. This new species has conspicuous and unique spindle sclerites in addition to the simple ellipsoid platelet-shaped ...
Tatsuki Koido +2 more
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Briarane-Related Diterpenoids from Octocoral Briareum stechei [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 A known polyoxygenated briarane, briaexcavatolide P (1), was isolated from a Formosan octocoral Briareum stechei. Moreover, the same species B. stechei, collected from Okinawan waters, yielded three chlorine-containing briaranes, including two new compounds, briastecholides B (2) and C (3) as well as a known analogue, briarenol R (4). The structures of
Thanh-Hao Huynh +9 more
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Global Warming Drives Phenological Shifts and Hinders Reproductive Success in a Temperate Octocoral. [PDF]
Glob Chang BiolClimate change is advancing spring warming, yet its effects on marine foundation species remain unclear. We combined field observations and ex‐situ experiments to examine how advanced warming affects reproduction in the Mediterranean octocoral Paramuricea clavata.
Viladrich N +8 more
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Sexual reproduction in octocorals [PDF]
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2011 For octocorals, sexual reproductive processes are fundamental to maintaining popu- lations and influencing macroevolutionary processes. While ecological data on octocorals have lagged behind their scleractinian counterparts, the proliferation of reproductive studies in recent years now enables comparisons between these important anthozoan taxa. Here we
SE Kahng, Yehuda Benayahu, HR Lasker
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Active restoration of a long-lived octocoral drives rapid functional recovery in a temperate reef. [PDF]
Sci AdvZentner Y +5 more
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The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species. [PDF]
Sci DataAbstract Trait-based approaches are revolutionizing our understanding of high-diversity ecosystems by providing insights into the principles underlying key ecological processes, such as community assembly, species distribution, resilience, and the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Gómez-Gras D +8 more
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Spatial and Short-Term Temporal Patterns of Octocoral Assemblages in the West Philippine Sea
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Octocorals are relatively understudied than other coral reef organisms despite their ecological and economic values. The Philippines is known to have high marine biodiversity, but information on octocorals is lacking.
Jue Alef A. Lalas +8 more
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Unveiling the Microeukaryotic Landscape of the Red Coral Corallium rubrum Across the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepThis study demonstrates that the eukaryome of the Mediterranean octocoral Corallium rubrum exhibits high variability, and the dominance of certain taxa is influenced by spatiotemporal environmental factors. Despite this, core microeukaryotic families, such as Licnophoridae and Dino‐Group I Clade 1, were consistently present, suggesting key roles in the
Prioux C +4 more
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Ancient DNA from coral-hosted Symbiodinium reveal a static mutualism over the last 172 years. [PDF]
, 2013 Ancient DNA (aDNA) provides powerful evidence for detecting the genetic basis for adaptation to environmental change in many taxa. Among the greatest of changes in our biosphere within the last century is rapid anthropogenic ocean warming.
Baker, David M +3 more
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