Anthozoan cnidarians (corals and sea anemones) include some of the world's most
important foundation species, capable of building massive reef complexes that support …

Scleractinian cold-water coral (CWC) reefs are key habitats for benthic fauna as they
enhance spatial heterogeneity and biodiversity. Understanding their environmental and …

Temperate mesophotic reefs (circalittoral and offshore circalittoral hard/firm habitats), host
complex three-dimensional animal forests and are vulnerable habitats protected by …

Seamounts represent ecologically important marine environments and undeniably play a
crucial role in the functioning of the deep-sea ecosystems, thanks primarily to their …

About 63% of the known antipatharian genera occur at mesophotic depths (30–150 m), with
the majority extending into the deep sea. Along the continental shelf and offshore sites …

Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) are an ecologically and culturally important group of
deep-sea cnidarians. However, as the majority of species inhabit depths> 50 m, they are …

The distributions of anthozoan corals are undercharacterized due to their wide bathymetric
ranges, occurrences in remote locales, and difficulties of identification from morphology …

Black corals are important habitat-forming species in the mesophotic and deep-sea zones of
the world's oceans because of their arborescent colony structure and tendency to form …

Genome-level sequencing is the next step in understanding species-level relationships
within Anthozoa (soft corals, anemones, stony corals, and their kin) as morphological and …

Antipatharian corals are important structural and complex members of benthic communities
inhabiting the Italian seafloor. In this study, the distribution of black corals in Italy is reported …