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Our manuscript "The hidden diversity of Saudi Arabian Red Sea octocorals revealed through a morpho-molecular assessment across bathymetric and latitudinal gradients", based on the results of my first PhD chapter, is now available open access in Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The hidden diversity of Saudi Arabian Red Sea octocorals revealed through a morpho-molecular assessment across bathymetric and latitudinal gradients - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The hidden diversity of Saudi Arabian Red Sea octocorals revealed through a morpho-molecular assessment across bathymetric and latitudinal gradients
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September 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Scientists have completed the largest survey of soft coral diversity ever conducted. Their results show that soft corals have been radiating in a small corner of what was once a giant sea.

🪸 Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/worl...

Study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Our article is out in Ecology and Evolution! We use SDMs to model the habitat distribution of the coral Madracis interjecta in the mesophotic/ deep Red Sea. We also found Madracis bioherms to occur in deeper and cooler waters than the individual colonies 🦑🪸
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
May 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Honoured to have contributed to this amazing work led by Professor McFadden! 🪸

Biodiversity and biogeography of zooxanthellate soft corals across the Indo-Pacific is now out on Scientific Reports and available open access at:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Biodiversity and biogeography of zooxanthellate soft corals across the Indo-Pacific - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Biodiversity and biogeography of zooxanthellate soft corals across the Indo-Pacific
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May 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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I wrote about a delightful study about the secret dynamics of a coral, some seahorses, and oodles of tiny worms
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A Small And Beautiful Seahorse Reveals An Even Smaller And Reclusive Worm | Defector
Years ago, as a student at the University of the Ryukyus in in Okinawa, Japan, Ai Takahata was researching the color patterns of a seahorse about the size of a shelled peanut. The pygmy seahorse Hippo...
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November 15, 2024 at 7:41 PM