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Restoration Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 3, March 2025.Octocorals are among the main habitat‐engineering species, generating complex three‐dimensional ecosystems of unquestioned importance. Despite their importance, octocoral habitats have dramatically declined in the last decades due to several stressors. Consequently, octocoral gardens are internationally recognized as Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems.
Nuno M. Padrão +4 more
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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Mushroom soft corals in the subfamily Anthomastinae are among the most remarkable octocorals found in the deep sea, characterized by their capitate or mushroom‐shaped red colonies and large autozooids. To date, their species diversity remains largely unknown due to limited research, and their phylogenetic relationships have yet to be explored. Based on
Yang Li +3 more
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Pristine populations of habitat-forming gorgonian species on the Antarctic continental shelf [PDF]
, 2017 Declines in the abundance of long-lived and habitat-forming species on continental shelves have attracted particular attention given their importance to ecosystem structure and function of marine habitats.
Ambroso, Stefano +6 more
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Symbiont diversity is not involved in depth acclimation in the Mediterranean sea whip Eunicella singularis [PDF]
, 2011 In symbiotic cnidarians, acclimation to depth and lower irradiance can involve physiological changes in the photosynthetic dinoflagellate endosymbiont, such as increased chlorophyll content, or qualitative modifications in the symbiont population in ...
Allemand, D. +7 more
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Beyond the Surface: Mesophotic Reefs as Potential Refuges for Shallow Fish Assemblages
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 12, December 2024.ABSTRACT The deep reef refugia hypothesis suggests that the effects of disturbance decrease as depth increases; thus, reefs in the mesophotic zone potentially serve as refuges for communities in shallower zones. This study challenged this hypothesis by evaluating fish diversity in shallow and mesophotic reefs in a marine protected area in the Gulf of ...
Manuel Francisco Velasco‐Lozano +4 more
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Scientia Marina, 2016 New records of the genera Leptogorgia, Pacifigorgia and Eugorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) on the coast of Ecuador are reported. These new records redefine the current known limit of distribution of these species on the eastern Pacific coast (from ...
María del Mar Soler-Hurtado +3 more
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Coat of many colours—DNA reveals polymorphism of mantle patterns and colouration in Caribbean Cyphoma Röding, 1798 (Gastropoda, Ovulidae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 The iconic gastropod genus Cyphoma is commonly observed in the Caribbean, where it lives in association with various octocorallian hosts. Each species in the genus Cyphoma has a unique, characteristic mantle pattern and colouration, which separates the ...
Bastian T. Reijnen +1 more
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Genomics of Terpene Biosynthesis in Dictyoceratid Sponges (Porifera) – What Do We (Not) Know?
Chemistry &Biodiversity, Volume 21, Issue 9, September 2024.Abstract Sponges are recognized as promising sources for novel bioactive metabolites. Among them are terpenoid metabolites that constitute key biochemical defense mechanisms in several sponge taxa. Despite their significance, the genetic basis for terpenoid biosynthesis in sponges remains poorly understood.
Adrian Galitz +5 more
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Deep-Sea Corals on Seamounts [PDF]
Oceanography, 2010 Deep-sea corals are colonial suspension-feeding cnidarians commonly associated with seamounts around the world. They are important components of seamount ecology, providing food and refuge for numerous associated species of fish, crabs, shrimp, and sea ...
Peter J. Etnoyer
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The global diversity of sea pens (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Recent advances in deep-sea exploration technology coupled with an increase in worldwide biotic surveys, biological research, and underwater photography in shallow water marine regions such as coral reefs, has allowed for a relatively rapid expansion of ...
Gary C Williams
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