Friday Deep-Sea Picture: New Bamboo
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By , on March 6th, 2009 One comment   Expeditions, New Species, Organisms, Pictures and Movies   , ,  

New genus of bamboo coral from 1600 m depth off Hawaii NOAA is reporting that seven new species of bamboo coral in six new genera were recovered from a November 2007 expedition in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. What a haul! Some are apparently 5 feet tall. Expedition participant Rob Dunbar of Stanford University was . . . → Read More: Friday Deep-Sea Picture: New Bamboo

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Naming a new species is tricky business
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By , on January 22nd, 2009 9 comments   Coral, New Research, Organisms, Scientist!, Seamount   , , , ,  

Bamboo coral Isidella tentaculum at 750 m depth The bamboo coral Isidella tentaculum finally rolled of the presses over the holidays. I can finally speak the name aloud. DSN debuted the video of the actual moment of discovery at Discovery Channel in concert with the 4th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals. I went through several . . . → Read More: Naming a new species is tricky business

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My Take: A new species of Isidella bamboo coral
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By , on December 2nd, 2008 11 comments   Coral, New Research, New Species, Organisms   , ,  

by Peter Etnoyer A new species of deep-sea bamboo coral, a calcareous sea fan called Isidella, was reported yesterday by Discovery News and MSNBC. The species will debut with a full and proper binomial in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington at the end of December 2008. If you can’t wait, a 52 . . . → Read More: My Take: A new species of Isidella bamboo coral

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