Nuclear eDNA metabarcoding primers for anthozoan coral biodiversity assessment. [PDF]
PeerJThe distributions of anthozoan corals are undercharacterized due to their wide bathymetric ranges, occurrences in remote locales, and difficulties of identification from morphology alone.
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2005 The purpose of this study was to record the species of Antipatharia on Jamaican reefs and to carry out limited studies on densities and sizes of the common species.In addition,a cliff face created by dredging in 2002 provided the opportunity to study ...
G.F Warner
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Environmental variability and biodiversity of megabenthos on the Hebrides Terrace Seamount (Northeast Atlantic). [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2014 We present the first remotely operated vehicle investigation of megabenthic communities (1004–1695 m water depth) on the Hebrides Terrace Seamount (Northeast Atlantic).
Henry LA +5 more
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Thermal stress responses of the antipatharian Stichopathes sp. from the mesophotic reef of Mo'orea, French Polynesia [PDF]
Science of The Total Environment, 2022 Antipatharians, also called black corals, are present in almost all oceans of the world, until extreme depths. In several regions, they aggregate in higher densities to form black coral beds that support diverse animal communities and create biodiversity hotspots.
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ITS1 variation among Stichopathes cf. maldivensis (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) whip black corals unveils conspecificity and population connectivity at local and global scales across the Indo-Pacific [PDF]
Coral Reefs, 2021 Due to the dearth of molecular markers variable enough to distinguish species of black corals, species delimitation in Antipatharia is still mainly based on morphological traits. One of the few markers available, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region located in ribosomal DNA, has already been used several times to infer phylogenetic ...
Lucas Terrana +2 more
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Investigation into the Presence of Symbiodiniaceae in Antipatharians (Black Corals)
Oceans, 2021 Here, we report a new broad approach to investigating the presence and density of Symbiodiniaceae cells in corals of the order Antipatharia subclass Hexacorallia, commonly known as black corals.
Erika Gress +5 more
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Morphological and molecular characterization of the problematic whip black coral genus Stichopathes (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from Indonesia (North Sulawesi, Celebes Sea) [PDF]
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012 This study represents a preliminary systematic reorganization of the critical whip black coral genus Stichopathes from Indonesia, and a validation test of its principal morphological features as suitable taxonomic characters. A phylogenetic analysis based on rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequences ITS1 and ITS2 was performed on several specimens ...
MARZIA BO +7 more
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Cold‐water coral assemblages on vertical walls from the Northeast Atlantic
Diversity and Distributions, Volume 26, Issue 3, Page 284-298, March 2020., 2020 Abstract Aim In this study, we assess patterns of cold‐water coral assemblages observed on deep‐sea vertical walls. Similar to their shallow‐water counterparts, vertical and overhanging walls in the deep sea can host highly diverse communities, but because of their geometry, these habitats are generally overlooked and remain poorly known.
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Oceanographic drivers of deep-sea coral species distribution and community assembly on seamounts, islands, atolls, and reefs within the Phoenix Islands Protected Area [PDF]
, 2020 © The Author(s), 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Auscavitch, S. R., Deere, M. C., Keller, A. G., Rotjan, R. D., Shank, T. M., & Cordes, E.
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