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A revision of the genus Calcigorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Acanthogorgiidae) with the description of three new species [PDF]

, 2019
Matsumoto, Asako K., Van Ofwegen, Leen P., Bayer, Frederick M. (2019): A revision of the genus Calcigorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Acanthogorgiidae) with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 4571 (1): 1-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.
FREDERICK M. BAYER, Matsumoto, Asako K., Van Ofwegen, Leen P., LEEN P. VAN OFWEGEN, ASAKO K. MATSUMOTO, Bayer, Frederick M.   +5 more
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Cnida Morphology as Taxonomic Tools within Tube-Dwelling Anemones (Ceriantharia, Cnidaria)

Oceans
Cnidome morphology appears to be a valuable tool for anthozoan (Octocarallia, Ceriantharia, and Hexacorallia) taxonomy. Ceriantharian cnidomes consist of b-mastigophores, isorhizas, spirocysts, and ptychocysts, including different subtypes.
Anny C. Forero-Mejia, Laurent Duchatelet, Carina Östman   +2 more
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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
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A new name for Dendronephthya kukenthali Gravier, 1908 (Octocorallia, Nephtheidae): Dendronephthya perezi nom. n. [PDF]

, 2018
Cordeiro, Ralf T. S., Van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2018): A new name for Dendronephthya kukenthali Gravier, 1908 (Octocorallia, Nephtheidae): Dendronephthya perezi nom. n. Zootaxa 4508 (4): 576-578, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.
Cordeiro, Ralf T. S., Van Ofwegen, Leen P., LEEN P. VAN OFWEGEN, RALF T. S. CORDEIRO   +3 more
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Symbiosis, hybridization, and speciation in Mediterranean octocorals (Octocorallia, Eunicellidae) [PDF]

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Abstract Understanding how species can form and remain isolated in the marine environment still stimulates active research. Here we study the differentiation and the possibility of hybridization among three temperate octocorals: Eunicella cavolini, Eunicella singularis, and Eunicella verrucosa.
Aurelle, Didier, Haguenauer, Anne, Bally, Marc, Zuberer, Frédéric, Guillemain, Dorian, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, Sartoretto, Stéphane, Cabau, Cédric, Lapeyre, Rachel, Chaoui, Lamya, Kara, Hichem, Samadi, Sarah, Pontarotti, Pierre   +12 more
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Underwater surveys reveal deep-sea corals in newly explored regions of the southwest Atlantic

Communications Earth & Environment, 2023
Deep-sea coral distribution and composition are unknown in much of the global ocean, but repurposing ocean industry surveys can fill that gap. In Santos Basin, southeast Brazil, areas (241–963 m depth) were surveyed during seven Petrobras cruises ...
Nayara F. Carvalho, Linda G. Waters, Renata C. M. Arantes, Daniel M. Couto, Guarani H. Cavalcanti, Arthur Z. Güth, Ana Paula C. Falcão, Paula D. Nagata, Cízia M. Hercos, Dalton K. Sasaki, Marcelo Dottori, Erik E. Cordes, Paulo Y. G. Sumida   +12 more
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Ecophysiology of two mesophotic octocorals intended for restoration: Effects of light and temperature

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 70, Issue 11, Page 3309-3321, November 2025.
Abstract Light and temperature are driving forces that shape the evolution and physiology of mesophotic organisms. On the Mississippi‐Alabama continental shelf, octocorals dominate the mesophotic seascape and provide habitat for many fish and invertebrate species.
Kassidy Lange, Allisan Aquilina‐Beck, Mark McCauley, Julia Johnstone, Amanda Demopoulos, Thomas Greig, Jody M. Beers, Heather L. Spalding, Peter J. Etnoyer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep-water octocorals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from Brazil: Family Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883 [PDF]

, 2015
Cordeiro, Ralf T. S., Castro, Clovis B., Pérez, Carlos D. (2015): Deep-water octocorals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from Brazil: Family Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883. Zootaxa 4058 (1): 81-100, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.
Cordeiro, Ralf T. S., Castro, Clovis B., Pérez, Carlos D.   +2 more
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Integrative Taxonomy Discovers Two New Species of Digitate Soft Corals in the Urban Waters of China's Greater Bay Area

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
This article identified two novel soft coral species (Parasphaerasclera dimorpha sp. nov. and Paraminabea inflata sp. nov.) from urbanized South China Sea waters, distinct in morphology and genetics. Our study highlighted undocumented coral diversity in the hyper‐urbanized Greater Bay Area, emphasizing the need for cryptic species documentation in ...
Yi‐Xuan Li, Janice Wingyan Ng, Haixin Loke, Lan Liu, Jian‐Wen Qiu   +4 more
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Another unusual new gorgonian (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Plexauridae) from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska [PDF]

, 2018
Horvath, Elizabeth A., Stone, Robert P. (2018): Another unusual new gorgonian (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Plexauridae) from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Zootaxa 4524 (1): 112-120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.
ELIZABETH A. HORVATH, Stone, Robert P., ROBERT P. STONE, Horvath, Elizabeth A.   +3 more
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