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A modified view on octocorals: Heteroxenia fuscescens nematocysts are diverse, featuring both an ancestral and a novel type. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Cnidarians are characterized by the presence of stinging cells containing nematocysts, a sophisticated injection system targeted mainly at prey-capture and defense.
Chen Yoffe, Tamar Lotan, Yehuda Benayhau
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Xenia umbellata (Octocorallia): A novel model organism for studying octocoral regeneration ability
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Climate change is leading to phase shifts in coral reefs worldwide. In many biogeographic regions, octocorals are now becoming the most abundant benthic components, due to their environmental resilience and ability to rapidly colonize reef surfaces ...
Elinor Nadir, Tamar Lotan, Y. Benayahu
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A new deep-sea pennatulacean (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Chunellidae) from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic) [PDF]
, 2010 During the BENGAL cruises, an important collection of deep-sea benthic organisms was sampled. Among the pennatulacean colonies, a previously undescribed species of chunellid was collected.
López González, Pablo José +1 more
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, 1939 1. Ordnung ALCYONARIA (SCLERAXONIA) Unterordnung Stolonifera Familie Cornulariidae Familie Tubiporidae Unterordnung Telestacea Familie Telestidae Unterordnung Alcyonacea Familie Xeniidae Familie Alcyoniidae Familie Nephthyidae Familie Siphonogorgiidae Familie Fasciculariidae Familie Briareidae Familie Paragorgiidae Familie Suberogorgiidae Unterordnung ...
G. Stiasny
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A new gorgonian genus from deep-sea Antarctic waters (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Plexauridae) [PDF]
, 2006 Mesogligorgia scotiae gen. nov., sp. nov. is described and illustrated from a colony collected in the Scotia Sea, 2,201–2,213 m in depth, on the ANDEEP-I cruise. The new taxon is placed in the family Plexauridae because of: 1) the presence of a horny
López González, Pablo José
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, 2022 A mini-poster of the principal corals (sea pens and soft corals, and also 1 hard coral) that may be expected on biodiversity surveys in Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL). Updated from a page of a series here: Nozères (2022) Mini-posters of macroinvertebrates in captures from bottom trawl surveys of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence--update 2022-10-
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Demography of the over-exploited Mediterranean red coral (Corrallium rubrum L. 1758)
Scientia Marina, 2004 The precious octocoral, Corallium rubrum, endemic to the Mediterranean, has long been overexploited. A demographic approach to the conservation and management of this species would therefore be highly valuable.
G Santangelo +3 more
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Two new species of Antarctic gorgonians (Octocorallia: Primnoidae) with a redescription of Thouarella laxa Versluys, 1906 [PDF]
, 2009 Two new species of the genus Thouarella from Antarctic waters are described and illustrated from material collected on the Polarstern cruises ANT XVII/3 (EASIZ III), ANT XIX/5 (LAMPOS) and ANT XXI/2 (BENDEX).
López González, Pablo José +1 more
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Marine Biodiversity, 2023 Distribution and occurrence data of the sea fan Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) in the Mediterranean Sea were updated thanks to new photographic surveys, highlighting the presence of the species off NE Sardinia and, in particular, in the Tavolara ...
M. Canessa, G. Bavestrello, E. Trainito
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Four new species of Thouarella (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Primnoidae) from Antarctic waters
Scientia Marina, 2010 Four new Antarctic species of the genus Thouarella, all of them belonging to the subgenus Thouarella, are described and illustrated from material collected at the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and off Atka Bay (eastern Weddell Sea) on the
Rebeca Zapata-Guardiola +1 more
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