The complete mitochondrial genome of Pocillopora meandrina (Cnidaria: Pocilloporidae), a cauliflower coral [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. ResourcesPocillopora meandrina Dana, 1846 is a coral species widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific Oceans. Here, we report the first complete mitochondrial genome of P. meandrina from the South China Sea.
Jinghui Fu, Mingsheng Hong
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A novel, non-invasive cnidarian venom extraction device [PDF]
Toxicon: XCnidaria represent one of the most ancient venomous lineages with thousands of extant species and their toxins have long been known to signify a source of therapeutic potential. Despite this recognition, cnidarian toxin research has progressed relatively
Phillip J. Robinson +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2010 BackgroundClassical morphological taxonomy places the approximately 1400 recognized species of Scleractinia (hard corals) into 27 families, but many aspects of coral evolution remain unclear despite the application of molecular phylogenetic methods.
Marcelo V Kitahara +2 more
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Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Suggest that Stony Corals Are Monophyletic but Most Families of Stony Corals Are Not (Order Scleractinia, Class Anthozoa, Phylum Cnidaria) [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Modern hard corals (Class Hexacorallia; Order Scleractinia) are widely studied because of their fundamental role in reef building and their superb fossil record extending back to the Triassic.
Hironobu Fukami +2 more
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Diversity, 2022 The presence of associated endofauna can have an impact on the health of corals. During fieldwork on the southern Caribbean island of Curaçao in 2021, the presence of an unknown coral-dwelling worm snail was discovered, which appeared to cause damage to ...
Bert W. Hoeksema +6 more
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Islands in the mud: The South Texas banks provide crucial mesophotic habitat for coral communities
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 On the continental shelf off the coast of South Texas lie a series of natural hard-bottom structures (rocky outcrops and relic coral-algal reefs) known as the South Texas Banks (STB), which provide critical habitat for benthic organisms and pelagic fish.
Maria Bollinger +3 more
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Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the Psammocora profundacella (Scleractinia, Psammocoridae): mitogenome characterisation and phylogenetic implications [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence data have played a significant role in phylogenetic and evolutionary studies of scleractinian corals. In this study, the complete mitogenome of Psammocora profundacella Gardiner, 1898, collected from Guangdong Province,
Peng Tian +8 more
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Acute Toxicity Assays with Adult Coral Fragments: A Method for Standardization
Toxics, 2023 Coral reefs are globally declining due to various anthropogenic stressors. Amongst those, chemical pollutants, such as pesticides from agricultural runoff, sewage or an overabundance of personal care products in coastal waters due to intense tourism, may
David Brefeld +8 more
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Evolutionary and biogeographical implications of degraded LAGLIDADG endonuclease functionality and group I intron occurrence in stony corals (Scleractinia) and mushroom corals (Corallimorpharia). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Group I introns and homing endonuclease genes (HEGs) are mobile genetic elements, capable of invading target sequences in intron-less genomes. LAGLIDADG HEGs are the largest family of endonucleases, playing a key role in the mobility of group I introns ...
Juan Sebastián Celis +7 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Acropora pruinosa is a threatened zooxanthellate scleractinian coral that is distributed in the temperate areas along the coastline of Japan and the northern area of the South China Sea. Since A. pruinosa propagates both asexually and sexually, assessing
Supisara Pipithkul +6 more
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