| lipid content and composition of oocytes from five coral species: potential implications for future cryopreservation efforts. | given the previously documented importance of lipid concentration and composition in the successful cryopreservation of gorgonian corals, these parameters were assessed in oocytes of five species of scleractinian coral; platygyra daedalea, echinopora gemmacea, echinophyllia aspera, oxypora lacera and astreopora expansa. wax esters, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, and fatty acids were all measured at detectable levels, and the latter were produced at significantly elevated quantiti ... | 2013 | 23469074 |
| molecular phylogeny of the robust clade (faviidae, mussidae, merulinidae, and pectiniidae): an indian ocean perspective. | recent phylogenetic analyses have demonstrated the limits of traditional coral taxonomy based solely on skeletal morphology. in this phylogenetic context, faviidae and mussidae are ecologically dominant families comprising one third of scleractinian reef coral genera, but their phylogenies remain partially unresolved. many of their taxa are scattered throughout most of the clades of the robust group, and major systematic incongruences exist. numerous genera and species remain unstudied, and the ... | 2012 | 22705823 |