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The Diversity and Ecological Role of Non-scleractinian Corals (Antipatharia and Alcyonacea) on Scleractinian Cold-Water Coral Mounds [PDF]

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Cold-water coral carbonate mounds, created by framework-building scleractinian corals, are also important habitats for non-scleractinian corals, whose ecology and role are understudied in deep-sea environments. This paper describes the diversity, ecology
Laurence Helene De Clippele, Veerle A. I. Huvenne, Tina N. Molodtsova, J. Murray Roberts   +3 more
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Detecting Photosymbiosis in Fossil Scleractinian Corals [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2017
AbstractThe evolutionary success of reef-building corals is often attributed to photosymbiosis, a mutualistic relationship scleractinian corals developed with zooxanthellae; however, because zooxanthellae are not fossilized, it is difficult (and contentious) to determine whether ancient corals harbored symbionts.
Chiara Tornabene, Rowan C. Martindale, Xingchen T. Wang, Morgan F. Schaller   +3 more
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Additional record of scleractinian corals on Porbandar coast, Gujarat, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2014
Out of four major coral reefs of India, Gujarat harbours one in the Gulf of Kachchh (GoK). The total scleractinian (hard coral) diversity in the GoK is 59, well documented by various scientists.
D. Parasharya, G. Padate
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Microplastic ingestion by scleractinian corals

Marine Biology, 2015
We report for the first time the ingestion of microplastics by scleractinian corals, and the presence of microplastics in coral reef waters adjacent to inshore reefs on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GRE, 18°31′S 146°23′E). Analysis of samples from sub-surface plankton tows conducted in close proximity to inshore reefs on the central GBR revealed ...
Hall, Nora, Berry, Kathryn, Rintoul, Llew, Hoogenboom, Mia   +3 more
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The global significance of Scleractinian corals without photoendosymbiosis

Scientific Reports
Globally tropical Scleractinian corals have been a focal point for discussions on the impact of a changing climate on marine ecosystems and biodiversity.
S. Vuleta, S. Nakagawa, T. D. Ainsworth
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Scleractinian reef corals: identification notes [PDF]

, 2004
The purpose of this booklet is to highlight the characters that are most important for distinguishing species of scleractinian reef corals that I have needed to identify or compare for various purposes. Information is taken from: • The Australian Institute of Marine Science monograph series • Corals of the World by Veron, 2000 • New Species
Wolstenholme, Jackie
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Sexual Reproduction of Scleractinian Corals

, 2010
Sexual reproduction by scleractinian reef corals is important for maintaining coral populations and evolutionary processes. The ongoing global renaissance in coral reproduction research is providing a wealth of new information on this topic, and has almost doubled the global database on coral reproductive patterns during the past two decades ...
Harrison, Peter Lynton, Peter L. Harrison   +1 more
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Diseases of scleractinian corals

, 2022
Coral reefs are critical habitats that support an abundance of marine life while also being economically important to millions of people that rely on reef-based industries such as tourism and fishing to sustain local communities. However, reef ecosystems globally are degrading at alarming rates due to anthropogenic impacts including ocean warming, poor
Bourne, David G, Smith, Hillary, Page, Cathie   +2 more
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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of three Merulinidae corals and novel insights into the phylogenetics [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Over the past few decades, modern coral taxonomy, combining morphology and molecular sequence data, has resolved many long-standing questions about scleractinian corals.
Wentao Niu, Jiaguang Xiao, Peng Tian, Shuangen Yu, Feng Guo, Jianjia Wang, Dingyong Huang   +6 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]

, 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.
Carden Wallace, Chen Chaolun Allen, Dai, Chang-Feng, Dai Chang-Feng, Collins Allen, Chuang, Yao-Yang, Fukami Hironobu, Sheppard, Charles (Charles R. C.), Chen, Chaolun Allen, Charles Sheppard, Chuang Yao-Yang, Chen, Chienhsun, Yao-Yang Chuang, Fukami, Hironobu; Chen, Chaolun Allen; Budd, Ann F.; Collins, Allen; Wallace, Carden; Chuang, Yao-Yang; Chen, Chienhsun; Dai, Chang-Feng; Iwao, Kenji; Sheppard, Charles; Knowlton, Nancy; Ahmed, Niyaz, Iwao Kenji, Knowlton Nancy, Budd Ann F., Ann F Budd, Allen Collins, Knowlton, Nancy, Kenji Iwao, Chen Chienhsun, Budd, Ann F., Iwao, Kenji, Hironobu Fukami, Chienhsun Chen, Nancy Knowlton, Chaolun Allen Chen, Chang-Feng Dai, Fukami, Hironobu, Wallace Carden, Sheppard Charles, Collins, Allen, Wallace, Carden C.   +33 more
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