Exploring the Biodiversity of Understudied Benthic Taxa at Mesophotic and Deeper Depths: Examples From the Order Zoantharia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)

Exploring the Biodiversity of Understudied Benthic Taxa at Mesophotic and Deeper Depths: Examples From the Order Zoantharia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)

Research on so-called “minor taxa” at mesophotic depths has lagged behind that of more commonly researched groups such as fish or hard corals. Exemplar taxa include species of the order Zoantharia, benthic colonial anemones that are cosmopolitan in distribution but understudied in many ecoregion and...

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Main Authors: James Davis Reimer, Hiroki Kise, Maria E. A. Santos, Dhugal John Lindsay, Richard L. Pyle, Joshua M. Copus, Brian W. Bowen, Masanori Nonaka, Takuo Higashiji, Yehuda Benayahu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
biodiversity
cryptic species
ecotone
rebreather
remotely operated vehicles
Okinawa
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00305/full

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