Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea

Abstract. An octocoral survey conducted in the mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCE) of Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea) yielded a new species of the speciose reef-dwelling genus Sinularia. It features encrusting colony morphology with a thin, funnel-shaped polypary. Sinularia mesophotica sp. n. (...

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Autores principales: Benayahu, Yehuda, McFadden, Catherine S., Shoham, Erez, van Ofwegen, Leen P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28769683
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.676.12751
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author Benayahu, Yehuda
McFadden, Catherine S.
Shoham, Erez
van Ofwegen, Leen P.
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description Abstract. An octocoral survey conducted in the mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCE) of Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea) yielded a new species of the speciose reef-dwelling genus Sinularia. It features encrusting colony morphology with a thin, funnel-shaped polypary. Sinularia mesophotica sp. n. (family Alcyoniidae) is described and compared to the other congeners with similar morphology. Both the morphological and molecular examination justified the establishment of the new species, also assigning it to a new genetic clade within Sinularia. The results highlight its unique phylogenetic position within the genus, and this is the first described species of a mesophotic zooxanthellate octocoral.
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spelling pubmed-55232032017-08-02 Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea Benayahu, Yehuda McFadden, Catherine S. Shoham, Erez van Ofwegen, Leen P. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. An octocoral survey conducted in the mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCE) of Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea) yielded a new species of the speciose reef-dwelling genus Sinularia. It features encrusting colony morphology with a thin, funnel-shaped polypary. Sinularia mesophotica sp. n. (family Alcyoniidae) is described and compared to the other congeners with similar morphology. Both the morphological and molecular examination justified the establishment of the new species, also assigning it to a new genetic clade within Sinularia. The results highlight its unique phylogenetic position within the genus, and this is the first described species of a mesophotic zooxanthellate octocoral. Pensoft Publishers 2017-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5523203/ /pubmed/28769683 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.676.12751 Text en Yehuda Benayahu, Catherine S. McFadden, Erez Shoham, Leen P. van Ofwegen http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea
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title_full Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea
title_fullStr Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea
title_full_unstemmed Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea
title_short Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea
title_sort search for mesophotic octocorals (cnidaria, anthozoa) and their phylogeny. ii. a new zooxanthellate species from eilat, northern red sea
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28769683
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.676.12751
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