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2bRAD reveals fine-scale genetic structuring among populations within the Mediterranean zoanthid Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862)

The zoanthid Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862) is a widespread coral species in the Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages where two morphotypes are found: Slender and Stocky, differing in size, color, and ...

Marko Terzin, Adriana Villamor, Lorenzo Marincich, Kenan Matterson… in Coral Reefs (2024)

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Habitat Suitability Models of a Critically Endangered Cold-water Coral, Isidella Elongata, in the Mallorca Channel

The bamboo coral Isidella elongata is often associated with a diverse community, including commercial fish species, playing an important role in the deep-sea Mediterranean as a biodiversity hotspot. There has bee...

Ward Standaert, Patricia Puerta… in Thalassas: An International Journal of Mar… (2023)

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Effects of global warming on Mediterranean coral forests

The effects of global warming have been addressed on coral reefs in tropical areas, while it is still unclear how coral forests are reacting, particularly at temperate latitudes. Here we show how mesophotic co...

Giovanni Chimienti, Diana De Padova, Maria Adamo, Michele Mossa… in Scientific Reports (2021)

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An elongated COI fragment to discriminate botryllid species and as an improved ascidian DNA barcode

Botryllids are colonial ascidians widely studied for their potential invasiveness and as model organisms, however the morphological description and discrimination of these species is very problematic, leading ...

Marika Salonna, Fabio Gasparini, Dorothée Huchon, Federica Montesanto… in Scientific Reports (2021)

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A mesophotic black coral forest in the Adriatic Sea

A forest of the black coral Antipathella subpinnata was found from 52 to 80 m depth in three different sites at Tremiti Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA; Mediterranean Sea), with two of them hosting a monospeci...

Giovanni Chimienti, Diana De Padova, Michele Mossa… in Scientific Reports (2020)

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Novel budding mode in Polyandrocarpa zorritensis: a model for comparative studies on asexual development and whole body regeneration

In tunicates, the capacity to build an adult body via non-embryonic development (NED), i.e., asexual budding and whole body regeneration, has been gained or lost several times across the whole subphylum. A rec...

Marta Scelzo, Alexandre Alié, Sophie Pagnotta, Camille Lejeune, Pauline Henry… in EvoDevo (2019)

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Erratum to: Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview

Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Agnese Marchini, Grazia Cantone… in Biological Invasions (2011)