The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species

D Gómez-Gras, C Linares, N Viladrich, Y Zentner… - Scientific Data, 2025 - nature.com
Trait-based approaches are revolutionizing our understanding of high-diversity ecosystems
by providing insights into the principles underlying key ecological processes, such as …

Sharing and distinction in biodiversity and ecological role of bryozoans in Mediterranean mesophotic bioconstructions

J Giampaoletti, F Cardone, G Corriero… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bryozoan assemblages of three mesophotic habitats, recently found in the Adriatic and
Ionian Seas, were investigated in terms of species composition and diversity, colonial …

The scleractinian Agaricia undata as a new host for the coral-gall crab Opecarcinus hypostegus at Bonaire, southern Caribbean

JE García-Hernández, W de Gier, GWNM van Moorsel… - Symbiosis, 2020 - Springer
The Caribbean scleractinian reef coral Agaricia undata (Agariciidae) is recorded for the first
time as a host of the coral-gall crab Opecarcinus hypostegus (Cryptochiridae). The identity of …

Mesophotic gorgonian corals evolved multiple times and faster than deep and shallow lineages

JA Sánchez, FL González-Zapata, C Prada, LF Dueñas - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) develop on a unique environment, where abrupt
environmental changes take place. Using a time-calibrated molecular phylogeny (mtDNA …

Remarkable population structure in the tropical Atlantic lace corals Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766) and Stylaster blatteus (Boschma, 1961)

M Gnecco, FLD Nunes, FL González-Zapata… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Biodiversity on coral reefs depends not only on primary reef-builders, but also on associated
taxa that create microhabitats for other species. Hydrocorals of the genus Stylaster …

Ictiofauna asociada a ambientes coralinos mesofóticos, usando video remoto de bajo costo en el Parque Nacional Natural Corales de Profundidad, Caribe …

M Benavides-Serrato, A Henao-Castro… - Revista de biología …, 2023 - SciELO Chile
Resumen BENAVIDES-SERRATO, Milena; HENAO-CASTRO, Alejandro y MARRUGO,
Milena. Ichthyofauna associated with mesophotic coral environments, using low-cost remote …

First Record of Bathynomus giganteus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Crustacea: Isopoda) in Oceanic Waters of the Western Colombian Caribbean

LF Dueñas, N Bolaños-Cubillos, A Abril-Howard… - Caribbean Journal of …, 2024 - BioOne
Abstract During the National Geographic Pristine Seas Colombia Expedition in 2022, carried
out in oceanic waters around the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve in the Colombian …

Biodiversity and ecological units of the mesophotic coral ecosystems in San Andrés Island, SeaFlower Biosphere Reserve

L Chasqui, K Mejía-Quintero… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCE) are usually defined as those located
between 30 and 150 m deep, where diverse biological communities with high levels of …

Osteoclastogenesis Modulatory Steroids from the South China Sea Gorgonian Coral Iciligorgia sp.

C Xu, J Li, L Su, H Tang, W Zhang - Chemistry & Biodiversity, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A new 9, 11‐secosteroid,(22R)‐22‐acetoxy‐3β, 6α, 11‐trihydroxy‐9, 11‐seco‐5α‐
cholest‐7‐en‐9‐one, along with twelve known analogues were isolated from the South …

Map** ecological units in mesophotic coral ecosystems of San Andrés Island (Southwestern Caribbean)

K Mejía-Quintero, C Cedeño-Posso, S Millán… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
To map ecological units in mesophotic coral ecosystems on the western side of San Andrés
Island (Colombia) considering biotic components and geomorphic zonation among 30–140 …