Declan Morrissey

Congrats @claudiavaga.bsky.social

The first IUCN Red List of cold-water corals highlights global declines - Marine Biodiversity The most well-known species-based conservation tool is the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The current coverage of species in the Red List is ...

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First IUCN redlist of cold-water corals reveals global decline

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New @corallab.bsky.social paper. Herein we describe a new species of Parasphaerasclera, a genus previously not reported in the Atlantic. It was initially detected using eDNA before it was found.

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A new genus of bamboo coral (Octocorallia: Scleralcyonacea: Keratoisididae) from the Whittard Canyon, Ireland, Northeast Atlantic Deep-sea corals are rarely identified to species due to a lack of taxonomic expertise and paucity of sampling. Herein we describe a new genus from the family Keratoisididae collected from the Northeas...

since then, we have described a new genus of Irish Bamboo Coral - Explorisis, named after the RV Celtic Explorer, the ship that collected every specimen!

Bamboozled! Resolving deep evolutionary nodes within the phylogeny of bamboo corals (Octocorallia: Scleralcyonacea: Keratoisididae) Keratoisididae is a globally distributed, and exclusively deep-sea, family of octocorals that contains species and genera that are polyphyletic. An al…

Bamboozled! Resolving deep evolutionary nodes within the phylogeny of bamboo corals (Octocorallia: Scleralcyonacea: Keratoisididae)

The Biodiversity of Calcaxonian Octocorals from the Irish Continental Slope Inferred from Multilocus Mitochondrial Barcoding Deep-sea corals are important benthic inhabitants that support the biodiversity and function of the wider faunal community; however, their taxonomy is underdeveloped and their accurate identification ...

The Biodiversity of Calcaxonian Octocorals from the Irish Continental Slope Inferred from Multilocus Mitochondrial Barcoding

The North-east Atlantic Margin: A Review of the Geology, Geography, Oc The Irish–Scottish margin is geologically and oceanographically heterogeneous. Source waters of subpolar and subtropical origin interact with banks, seamounts,

Since this is a new platform, I will also reshare my other PhD chapters.
The North-east Atlantic Margin: A Review of the Geology, Geography, Oceanography, and Vulnerable Megabenthic Ecosystems of the Continental Slope of Ireland and the United Kingdom. OA

Finally, after a year, the last chapter of my PhD is out.
We confirm the presence of mitonuclear discordance in 3 genera (so far!) of bamboo corals. In addition, we find an ORF in a highly variable region between cob-nad6. Its function is unknown. It is present in all individuals bar Acanella

Congrats to our fearless leader! Reconstructing the Anthozoa tree of life, one branch at a time. 😍

Today is all about squat lobsters. These guys were found living on corals from Irelands deep sea! Soon we will work to assess the diversity of these animals in Irish waters including descriptions of new species! @corallab.bsky.social

I will tell her she has a fan club waiting for her 🤣

One of the many new bamboo corals coming and the first of a few interesting new Irish corals!

Welcome to the Coral Lab! 🪸
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This page shares new research and discoveries related to coral taxonomy, systematics, and evolutionary history.

To kick things off, here’s a few of our favorite coral research and discoveries of 2024!
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