Scott Burgess
@scottburgess.bsky.social
Marine evolutionary ecology. Dispersal. Mating systems. Life histories. Marine invertebrates (sometimes fishes). Corals (Pocillopora!). Florida State University. Associate Professor
We described and named a new species of coral - Pocillopora tuahiniensis. Tuahine means sister in Tahitian. Can only ID it using genetics, looks the same as other species! So far, its only been sampled from French Polynesia and east. Most common around 20+m depth.
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
November 9, 2023 at 8:55 PM
We described and named a new species of coral - Pocillopora tuahiniensis. Tuahine means sister in Tahitian. Can only ID it using genetics, looks the same as other species! So far, its only been sampled from French Polynesia and east. Most common around 20+m depth.
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...