A5058381917- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Genetic diversity and population structure
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
2019-2022
Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
2020
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
2013
University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College
2013
We present the first documented complete mitogenomes of deep-sea Pennatulacea, representing nine genera and eight families. These include one species each Funiculina, Halipteris, Protoptilum Distichoptilum, four Umbellula Pennatula, three Kophobelemnon two Anthoptilum, as well epi- mesobenthic genus Virgularia. Seventeen circular genomes ranged from 18,513 bp (Halipteris cf. finmarchica) to 19,171 (Distichoptilum gracile) contained all genes standard octocoral mitochondrial (14...
Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) are an ecologically and culturally important group of deep-sea cnidarians. However, as the majority species inhabit depths >50 m, they relatively understudied. The inaccessibility well-preserved tissue for interest has limited scope molecular analysis, a result only small number antipatharian mitochondrial genomes have been published. Using next generation sequencing, eighteen complete five partial were assembled, increasing to twenty-two. This includes...
We examine the phylogeny of sea pens using sequences whole mitochondrial genomes and nuclear ribosomal cluster generated through low coverage Illumina sequencing. Taxon sampling includes 30 species in 19 genera representing 13 families. Ancestral state reconstruction shows that most pen have ancestral gene order, Pennatulacea with diverse orders are found a single clade. The monophyly Pennatulidae Protoptilidae rejected by both dataset, while dataset further rejects Virgulariidae,...