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Xeniakonohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan

ZooKeys, 2022
Abstract A new soft coral species, Xeniakonohanasp. 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-
T. Koido, Yukimitsu Imahara, H. Fukami
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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Light-Dependency of Growth and Secondary Metabolite Production in the Captive Zooxanthellate Soft Coral Sinularia flexibilis [PDF]

The branching zooxanthellate soft coral Sinularia flexibillis releases antimicrobial and toxic compounds with potential pharmaceutical importance. As photosynthesis by the symbiotic algae is vital to the host, the light-dependency of the coral, including
Beeftink, H.H., Khalesi, M.K., Wijffels, R.H.   +2 more
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The snowflake soft coral Carijoa riisei (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) in Costa Rica

Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2022
Introducción: Carijoa riisei (Clavulariidae) se encuentra alrededor del mundo en aguas tropicales. Es considerado como una especie invasora en algunas localidades.
J. Vargas, O. Breedy
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Remoteness Is Not a Silver Bullet for Mediating Local Human Stressors on Tropical Benthic Communities

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 10, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Tropical coral reefs are at the forefront of the current triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. While geographic remoteness is considered to shield reefs from local human pressures, and potentially aid in combating adverse climate change impacts, recent evidence from shallow reefs (0–30 m) to support ...
Paris V. Stefanoudis, Farah Amjad, Nina M. de Villiers, Mariyam Shidha Afzal, Fathimath Hana Amir, Shaha Hashim, Ryan Palmer, Nuria Rico Seijo, Mohamed Shimal, Denise Swanborn, Sheena Talma, Mohamed Ahusan, Lucy C. Woodall   +12 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, Sancia E.T. van der Meij   +1 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., Caligara, C., Cerrano, C., Ciosi, M., Forcioli, D., Francour, P., Merle, P.L., Muti, C.   +7 more
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Glosario tetralingüe de términos aplicados a la morfología y anatomía de Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa)

Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2002
Se crea un glosario tetralingue (español, inglés, francés y alemán) de la terminología que se aplica a Octocorallia, con el fin de estandarizar su uso y evitar confusiones a la hora de descibir especies.
Annette Calvo Shadid, Odalisca Breedy Shadid   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomic Study of Suborder Calcaxonia (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia: Anthozoa) from King Sejong Station, Antarctic [PDF]

Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 2012
Some gorgonians in the families, Primnoidae and Isididae within the suborder Calcaxonia were collected from subtidal zones between depths of 10 and 45 m in the coastal regions of King Sejong Station (62??13′S, 058??
Jun-Im Song, Sung-Jin Hwang, Haewon Moon, In-Young An   +3 more
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Marine animal forest formed by gorgonians Subergorgia on near‐shore mesophotic ecosystems in Reunion Island

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2025.
Abstract Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs), occurring between 30 and 150 m depth, are increasingly recognized for their ecological importance, yet they remain underexplored, particularly in the southwestern Indian Ocean. During benthic surveys conducted at depths ranging from 15 to 75 m off northwestern Reunion Island, we documented a dense and ...
Ludovic Hoarau, Lucie Penin, Emilie Boissin, Héloïse Rouzé, Hendrik Sauvignet, Sophie Bureau, Perrine Mangion, Priscille Labarrère, Lionel Bigot, Pascale Chabanet, Francisco Otero‐Ferrer, Lorenzo Bramanti, Mehdi Adjeroud   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source