The anthozoan sub-class Octocorallia, comprising approximately 3000 species of soft
corals, gorgonians, and sea pens, remains one of the most poorly understood groups of the …

The anthozoan sub-class Octocorallia includes over 3500 nominal species of soft corals and
gorgonian sea fans, many of which serve as critical foundation species in benthic marine …

Background Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones, hydroids, jellyfish) is a phylum of relatively
simple aquatic animals characterized by the presence of the cnidocyst: a cell containing a …

The widespread assumption that COI and other mitochondrial genes will be ineffective DNA
barcodes for anthozoan cnidarians has not been well tested for most anthozoans other than …

The phylum Cnidaria is comprised of remarkably diverse and ecologically significant taxa,
such as the reef-forming corals, and occupies a basal position in metazoan evolution. The …

Whole mitochondrial genomes are often used in phylogenetic reconstruction. However,
discordant patterns in species relationships between mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenies …

Main conclusion The codon usage bias in chloroplast genes of Oryza species was low and
AT rich. The pattern of codon usage was different among Oryza species and mainly …

Background The mitochondrial genome of the Octocorallia has several characteristics
atypical for metazoans, including a novel gene suggested to function in DNA repair. This …

The deep-sea bamboo coral genus Acanella has a cosmopolitan distribution, is found on
hard and soft substrata between 300 and 2875 meters depth, and may be abundant where …

Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mitochondrial DNA in marine mussels (Mytiloida),
freshwater mussels (Unionoida), and marine clams (Veneroida) is the only known exception …