One of the central questions in marine biogeography asks “why are there more species of fish and coral in the Indo-Pacific than anywhere else in the world?”
View More Global hotspots of deep coral diversityCategory: Coral
Deep Coral Grove Video
Bubblegum trees and red tree coral from Georges Bank Nova Scotia.
View More Deep Coral Grove VideoDeep-sea corals are rich and beautiful, like their shallow tropical counterparts
This is first in a series of five referenced articles about shared characteristics in deep-sea and shallow-water corals.
View More Deep-sea corals are rich and beautiful, like their shallow tropical counterpartsDeep and Stony
A yellow stony coral courtesy “Mountains in the Sea” scientific party, NOAA, and the Institute for Exploration via Oceanus
View More Deep and StonyCoral References In the Bible
Given the comments on the last post, I thought it time to give almost-a-religion-major Craig a work out. The origin of the word coral is…
View More Coral References In the BibleHistory of the word coral
Coral is a polyphyletic term for polypoid animals in the cnidarian classes Anthozoa and Hydrozoa that secrete either 1) a black, horn like proteinaceous axis…
View More History of the word coralWelcome to Coral Week
Deep corals hold secrets just like the shallow ones. They have a lot in common, actually. We’ll write about that over the next 7 days during Coral Week at Deep Sea News.
View More Welcome to Coral WeekCoral Week is ON for April
Mark your calendars for the last few days of April because the tentacles are gonna hit the fan here and across the blogosphere from April…
View More Coral Week is ON for AprilInvertebrate Battle Royal Roundup
The battle royal is on with several bloggers choosing colors. The whole thing got started when Sheril at the Intersucktion state “No contest! Cukes would…
View More Invertebrate Battle Royal RoundupEchinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize Them
The recent Invertebrate Wars reminded me of spectacular, but often ignored, group of gastropods. The parasites! This is a group that I have totally geeked…
View More Echinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize Them