The presence of corals living in deep waters around the globe has been documented in
various publications since the late 1800s, when the first research vessels set sail on multi …

Antipatharians, commonly known as black corals, are treasured by many cultures for
medicinal purposes and to produce jewellery. Despite their economic and cultural …

Although black corals inhabit all the world's oceans, they have been relatively understudied
as∼ 185 of 247 species occur at depths> 50 m. Antipatharians have been included in …

Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) support diverse communities of marine organisms
with changes in community structure occurring along a depth gradient. In recent years …

The antipatharian fauna of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone is discussed. Five species
of black corals from three genera were identified in collections from this area, including one …

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 …

Benthic fauna form spatial patterns which are the result of both biotic and abiotic processes,
which can be quantified with a range of landscape ecology descriptors. Fine-to medium …

Deep-sea corals are important components of the benthos in the Gulf of Mexico, because
they provide structural complexity to associated species of fish and invertebrates, and they …

For many years an undescribed species of the genus Bathypathes has been misidentified as
Bathypathes alternata Brook, 1889 (a species currently re-assigned to the genus …

Abstract Antipathella subpinnata (Ellis and Solander 1786) is one of the most frequently
observed black corals at mesophotic depths (60–200 m) of the Mediterranean Sea …